Diffusion in Low-Dimensional Lipid Membranes

• Published in: Nano letters Vol. 14; no. 10; pp. 5984 - 5988
• Main Authors: Heath, George R, Roth, Johannes, Connell, Simon D, Evans, Stephen D
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Washington, DC American Chemical Society 08.10.2014
• Subjects: Atomic force microscopy; Condensed matter: structure, mechanical and thermal properties; Cross-disciplinary physics: materials science; rheology; Diffusion; Diffusion in nanoscale solids; Diffusion in solids; Electron, ion, and scanning probe microscopy; Exact sciences and technology; High speed; Humans; Influenza A virus - chemistry; Influenza, Human - virology; Lipid Bilayers - chemistry; Lipids; Materials science; Membranes; Methods of nanofabrication; Microscopy, Atomic Force; Models, Molecular; Nanolithography; Nanostructure; Nanotechnology; Phosphatidylcholines - chemistry; Phosphatidylethanolamines - chemistry; Physics; Proteins; Scanning probe microscopy: scanning tunneling, atomic force, scanning optical, magnetic force, etc; Structure of solids and liquids; crystallography; Transport properties of condensed matter (nonelectronic); Viral Matrix Proteins - chemistry; lipid diffusion; Lipid membranes; nanolithography; high-speed AFM; molecular crowding; Atomic force microscopy; Dimensionality; Macromolecules; Lipids; Diffusion; Nanolithography; Physical properties; Energy transfer; Lipid bilayers; Membrane proteins

The diffusion behavior of biological components in cellular membranes is vital to the function of cells. By collapsing the complexity of planar 2D membranes down to one dimension, fundamental investigations of bimolecular behavior become possible in one dimension. Here we develop lipid nanolithograp...