title: Tethered and Polymer Supported Bilayer Lipid Membranes: Structure and Function.
abstract: Solid supported bilayer lipid membranes are model systems to mimic natural cell membranes in order to understand structural and functional properties of such systems. The use of a model system allows for the use of a wide variety of analytical tools including atomic force microscopy, impedance spectroscopy, neutron reflectometry, and surface plasmon resonance spectroscopy. Among the large number of different types of model membranes polymer-supported and tethered lipid bilayers have been shown to be versatile and useful systems. Both systems consist of a lipid bilayer, which is de-coupled from an underlying support by a spacer cushion. Both systems will be reviewed, with an emphasis on the effect that the spacer moiety has on the bilayer properties.
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. jakob.andersson@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Jakob
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Andersson
authors.affiliation: Flinders Centre for Nanoscale Science and Technology, School of Chemical and Physical Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide SA 5001, Australia. ingo.koeper@flinders.edu.au.
authors.forename: Ingo
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Köper
keywords: membrane structure and function; model membrane; solid supported membrane