Formation of giant unilamellar vesicles from spin-coated lipid films by localized IR heating
- 13 September 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in Soft Matter
- Vol. 8 (42), 10823-10826
- https://doi.org/10.1039/c2sm26394g
Abstract
We report a novel method for the generation of GUVs (generate unilamellar vesicles) from spin-coated lipid films by means of localized heating. This technique enables GUV formation from both charged and neutral lipid species, as well as from a complex lipid mixture, in various ionic strength conditions. Encapsulation was possible during and after GUV formation.This publication has 26 references indexed in Scilit:
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