title: Fluidic shear-assisted formation of actuating multilamellar lipid tubes using microfabricated nozzle array device.
abstract: Molecular self-assemblies exhibiting automatic motions have received much attention as potential artificial models of living organisms. We have developed a microfluidic picolitre nozzle-array device to form multilamellar lipid tubes (MLTs) under fluidic shear stress, which transformed into different two patterns (yarn-balls and double-helixes) and also exhibited unique self-actuation behaviors.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Chemistry and Biotechnology, Graduate School of Engineering, Chiba University, 1-33 Yayoi, Inage, Chiba 263-8522, Japan.
authors.forename: Manami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Masubuchi
authors.forename: Taro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Toyota
authors.forename: Masumi
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Yamada
authors.forename: Minoru
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Seki