Bilayer lipid membranes formed from thermotropic liquid crystals

Z. Salamon Membrane Biophysics Laboratory (Giltner Hall), Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, U.S.A.; On leave from Institute of Physics, Technical University, Poznan, Poland

H. Ti Tien Membrane Biophysics Laboratory (Giltner Hall), Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, 48824, U.S.A.

Abstract

This paper reports a new type of bilayer lipid membrane (BLM) with aqueous interfaces which are formed from thermotropic liquid crystals (nematic-6CB, smectic–8CB, and cholesteric-cholesteryl palmitate, ChP). The electrical properties of these unmodified membranes have been investigated. We suggest that BLMs of this type in their 'black' states consist of two molecular layers with a smectic-like structure.

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