Microfluidic liquid cell chamber for scanning probe microscopy measurement application

• Main Authors: Gillissen, Jurriaan J. J., Miyako, Eijiro, Cho, Nam-Joon, Chin, Hokyun
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials; Atomic Force Microscopy; Biological Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85424; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48242
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

In this paper, we present a universal microfluidic liquid chamber device platform for atomic force microscopy (AFM), which enables to fabricate the uniform lipid bilayer on the hydrophilic surface using the solvent-assisted lipid bilayer formation method. Using this device enables us to acquire the various properties of delicate soft matter, including morphological data, and mechanical property measurements, using high-resolution AFM systems. The proposed technology is expected to provide an understanding of complicated biological materials.