title: Nanoplasmonic ruler to measure lipid vesicle deformation.
abstract: A nanoplasmonic ruler method is presented in order to measure the deformation of adsorbed, nm-scale lipid vesicles on solid supports. It is demonstrated that single adsorbed vesicles undergo greater deformation on silicon oxide over titanium oxide, offering direct experimental evidence to support membrane tension-based theoretical models of supported lipid bilayer formation.
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue 639798, Singapore. njcho@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Joshua A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Jackman
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Chaberska 57, Prague 8 18251, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Barbora
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Špačková
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue 639798, Singapore. njcho@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Linardy
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue 639798, Singapore. njcho@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Min Chul
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue 639798, Singapore. njcho@ntu.edu.sg.
authors.forename: Bo Kyeong
authors.initials: BK
authors.lastname: Yoon
authors.affiliation: Institute of Photonics and Electronics, Academy of Science of the Czech Republic, Chaberska 57, Prague 8 18251, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Jiří
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Homola
authors.affiliation: School of Materials Science and Engineering and Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue 639798, Singapore. njcho@ntu.edu.sg and School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 62 Nanyang Drive 637459, Singapore.
authors.forename: Nam-Joon
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cho
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004548:Elasticity; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D017655:Silicon Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D013499:Surface Properties; D014025:Titanium / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008081:Liposomes; D010087:Oxides; D017655:Silicon Compounds; C009495:titanium dioxide; C116473:silicon monoxide; D014025:Titanium