title: Self-Spreading of Lipid Bilayer on a Hydrophobic Surface Made by Self-Assembled Monolayer with Short Alkyl Chain.
abstract: Behaviors of self-spreading of lipid bilayer membrane on a glass surface modified with self-assembled monolayer (SAM) with short alkyl chain were observed with fluorescence microscopy. Hydrophobic surface made by SAM was found to hamper the self-spreading phenomenon but the lipid bilayer spread on a hydrophilic one where SAM was decomposed by oxidation. On a binary surface having a hydrophobic region and a hydrophilic one, the lipid bilayer spread on the hydrophilic region but it stopped at the boundary of the hydrophobic region.
authors.forename: Yuya
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Omori
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Sakaue
authors.forename: Takayuki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takahagi
authors.forename: Hitoshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Suzuki
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000477:Alkylating Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D003460:Crystallization / Q000379:methods*; D005898:Glass / Q000737:chemistry*; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D008422:Materials Testing; D053758:Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000477:Alkylating Agents