title: Optically assembled droplet interface bilayer (OptiDIB) networks from cell-sized microdroplets.
abstract: We report a new platform technology to systematically assemble droplet interface bilayer (DIB) networks in user-defined 3D architectures from cell-sized droplets using optical tweezers. Our OptiDIB platform is the first demonstration of optical trapping to precisely construct 3D DIB networks, paving the way for the development of a new generation of modular bio-systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Mark S
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4421-8792
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Friddin
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.identifier: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2380-0794
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bolognesi
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Yuval
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Elani
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Nicholas J
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Brooks
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Robert V
authors.initials: RV
authors.lastname: Law
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: John M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Seddon
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK and Photonics Group, Department of Physics, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Mark A A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Neil
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK. o.ces@imperial.ac.uk and Institute of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, UK.
authors.forename: Oscar
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Ces