Functional aqueous droplet networks

On demand modulation of lipid composition in an individual bilayer

(2017) John S. H. Danial et al.   Soft Matter

Light-Patterned Current Generation in a Droplet Bilayer Array

(2017) Vanessa Restrepo Schild et al.   Scientific Reports

Multi-compartment encapsulation of communicating droplets and droplet networks in hydrogel as a model for artificial cells

(2017) Mariam Bayoumi et al.   Scientific Reports

High-Resolution Patterned Cellular Constructs by Droplet-Based 3D Printing

(2017) Alexander D. Graham et al.   Scientific Reports

Controllable Multicompartmental Capsules with Distinct Cores and Shells for Synergistic Release

(2016) Fan He et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Bilayer Networks within a Hydrogel Shell: A Robust Chassis for Artificial Cells and a Platform for Membrane Studies

(2016) Divesh K. Baxani et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Construction of membrane-bound artificial cells using microfluidics: a new frontier in bottom-up synthetic biology

(2016) Y. Elani   BIOCHEMICAL SOCIETY TRANSACTIONS

Imaging potassium-flux through individual electropores in droplet interface bilayers

(2016) Marc Szabo et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Microfluidic generation of encapsulated droplet interface bilayer networks (multisomes) and their use as cell-like reactors

(2016) Yuval Elani et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Monodisperse Uni- and Multicompartment Liposomes

(2016) Nan-Nan Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Microfluidic Assembly of Monodisperse Vesosomes as Artificial Cell Models

(2016) Nan-Nan Deng et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiplexed droplet Interface bilayer formation

(2016) Nathan E. Barlow et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet immobilization within a polymeric organogel improves lipid bilayer durability and portability

(2016) Guru A. Venkatesan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Microfluidic platform for reproducible self-assembly of chemically communicating droplet networks with predesigned number and type of the communicating compartments

(2016) Jan Guzowski et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

DROPLAY: laser writing of functional patterns within biological microdroplet displays

(2016) Chi Long Chan et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Chemical polyglycosylation and nanolitre detection enables single-molecule recapitulation of bacterial sugar export

(2016) Lingbing Kong et al.   Nature Chemistry

A biomimetic DNA-based channel for the ligand-controlled transport of charged molecular cargo across a biological membrane

(2016) Jonathan R. Burns et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Genetically targeted magnetic control of the nervous system

(2016) Michael A Wheeler et al.   NATURE NEUROSCIENCE

Shape-Shifting Droplet Networks

(2016) T. Zhang et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Imaging the dynamics of individual electropores

(2016) Jason T. Sengel et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reversible, voltage-activated formation of biomimetic membranes between triblock copolymer-coated aqueous droplets in good solvents

(2016) Nima Tamaddoni et al.   Soft Matter

Optically assembled droplet interface bilayer (OptiDIB) networks from cell-sized microdroplets

(2016) Mark S. Friddin et al.   Soft Matter

The mechanoelectrical response of droplet interface bilayer membranes

(2016) E. C. Freeman et al.   Soft Matter

Regulation of Intestinal Glucose Absorption by Ion Channels and Transporters

(2016) Lihong Chen et al.   Nutrients

Physical limits to magnetogenetics

(2016) Markus Meister   eLife

Light-activated communication in synthetic tissues

(2016) M. J. Booth et al.   Science Advances

Logic Gate Operation by DNA Translocation through Biological Nanopores

(2016) Hiroki Yasuga et al.   PLoS One

Formation of droplet interface bilayers in a Teflon tube

(2016) Edmond Walsh et al.   Scientific Reports

In vitro synthesis of a Major Facilitator Transporter for specific active transport across Droplet Interface Bilayers

(2016) Heather E. Findlay et al.   Scientific Reports

Printable Bioelectronics To Investigate Functional Biological Interfaces

(2015) Kyriaki Manoli et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

DREADDs (Designer Receptors Exclusively Activated by Designer Drugs): Chemogenetic Tools with Therapeutic Utility

(2015) Daniel J. Urban et al.   Annual Review of Pharmacology and Toxicology

Autonomous Droplet Architectures

(2015) Gareth Jones et al.   ARTIFICIAL LIFE

Protein transport across membranes: Comparison between lysine and guanidinium-rich carriers

(2015) Max Lein et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES

Inelastic mechanics: A unifying principle in biomechanics

(2015) Matti Gralka et al.   BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH

A microfluidic platform for size-dependent generation of droplet interface bilayer networks on rails

(2015) P. Carreras et al.   Biomicrofluidics

An organic electronic biomimetic neuron enables auto-regulated neuromodulation

(2015) Daniel T. Simon et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Combining Single-Molecule Imaging and Single-Channel Electrophysiology

(2015) Eve E. Weatherill et al.   JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR BIOLOGY

A droplet microfluidic system for sequential generation of lipid bilayers and transmembrane electrical recordings

(2015) Magdalena A. Czekalska et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Control of Membrane Permeability in Air-Stable Droplet Interface Bilayers

(2015) Prachya Mruetusatorn et al.   LANGMUIR

Adsorption Kinetics Dictate Monolayer Self-Assembly for Both Lipid-In and Lipid-Out Approaches to Droplet Interface Bilayer Formation

(2015) Guru A. Venkatesan et al.   LANGMUIR

Programmed synthesis of three-dimensional tissues

(2015) Michael E Todhunter et al.   NATURE METHODS

High-throughput optical sensing of nucleic acids in a nanopore array

(2015) Shuo Huang et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Syringe-injectable electronics

(2015) Jia Liu et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Chemical computing with reaction-diffusion processes

(2015) J. Gorecki et al.   PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY A-MATHEMATICAL PHYSICAL AND ENGINEERING SCIENCES

Protein synthesis in artificial cells: using compartmentalisation for spatial organisation in vesicle bioreactors

(2015) Yuval Elani et al.   PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS

Dynamic label-free imaging of lipid nanodomains

(2015) Gabrielle de Wit et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Sensitivity and directionality of lipid bilayer mechanotransduction studied using a revised, highly durable membrane-based hair cell sensor

(2015) Nima Tamaddoni et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Direct in situ measurement of specific capacitance, monolayer tension, and bilayer tension in a droplet interface bilayer

(2015) Graham J. Taylor et al.   Soft Matter

Nano-rheology of hydrogels using direct drive force modulation atomic force microscopy

(2015) Prathima C. Nalam et al.   Soft Matter

Two-dimensional single-cell patterning with one cell per well driven by surface acoustic waves

(2015) David J. Collins et al.   Nature Communications

Droplet-interface-bilayer assays in microfluidic passive networks

(2015) Bárbara Schlicht et al.   Scientific Reports

Activation of bacterial channel MscL in mechanically stimulated droplet interface bilayers

(2015) Joseph S. Najem et al.   Scientific Reports

Magnetogenetics: remote non-invasive magnetic activation of neuronal activity with a magnetoreceptor

(2015) Xiaoyang Long et al.   Science Bulletin

Microfluidic generation of droplet interface bilayer networks incorporating real-time size sorting in linear and non-linear configurations

(2014) P. Carreras et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Imaging the Lipid-Phase-Dependent Pore Formation of Equinatoxin II in Droplet Interface Bilayers

(2014) N. Rojko et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Photobleaching Reveals Heterogeneous Stoichiometry for Equinatoxin II Oligomers

(2014) Matthew A. B. Baker et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Droplet interface bilayer reconstitution and activity measurement of the mechanosensitive channel of large conductance from Escherichia coli

(2014) H. M. G. Barriga et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Heating-Enabled Formation of Droplet Interface Bilayers Using Escherichia coli Total Lipid Extract

(2014) Graham J. Taylor et al.   LANGMUIR

Highly Parallel Transport Recordings on a Membrane-on-Nanopore Chip at Single Molecule Resolution

(2014) Michael Urban et al.   NANO LETTERS

Bacillus spores as building blocks for stimuli-responsive materials and nanogenerators

(2014) Xi Chen et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

A Portable Lipid Bilayer System for Environmental Sensing with a Transmembrane Protein

(2014) Ryuji Kawano et al.   PLoS One

Another Lesson from Plants: The Forward Osmosis-Based Actuator

(2014) Edoardo Sinibaldi et al.   PLoS One

Air-stable droplet interface bilayers on oil-infused surfaces

(2014) J. B. Boreyko et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Lipid Bilayers on a Picoliter Microdroplet Array for Rapid Fluorescence Detection of Membrane Transport

(2014) Taishi Tonooka et al.   Small

Dynamic morphologies of microscale droplet interface bilayers

(2014) Prachya Mruetusatorn et al.   Soft Matter

Physicochemical properties of aqueous core hydrogel capsules

(2014) Leslie Rolland et al.   Soft Matter

Integrating artificial with natural cells to translate chemical messages that direct E. coli behaviour

(2014) Roberta Lentini et al.   Nature Communications

Vesicle-based artificial cells as chemical microreactors with spatially segregated reaction pathways

(2014) Yuval Elani et al.   Nature Communications

Construction and Manipulation of Functional Three-Dimensional Droplet Networks

(2013) Tobias Wauer et al.   ACS Nano

Single-channel electrophysiology of cell-free expressed ion channels by direct incorporation in lipid bilayers

(2013) Mark S. Friddin et al.   ANALYST

Droplet Split-and-Contact Method for High-Throughput Transmembrane Electrical Recording

(2013) Yutaro Tsuji et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Cascade Reactions in Multicompartmentalized Polymersomes

(2013) Ruud J. R. W. Peters et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Cell-free protein expression systems in microdroplets: Stabilization of interdroplet bilayers

(2013) Mark S. Friddin et al.   Biomicrofluidics

Lipid bilayer arrays: Cyclically formed and measured

(2013) Bin Lu et al.   Biotechnology Journal

Ion Channels as Drug Targets in Central Nervous System Disorders

(2013) A. M. Waszkielewicz et al.   CURRENT MEDICINAL CHEMISTRY

Tuning active emulsion dynamics via surfactants and topology

(2013) Shashi Thutupalli et al.   EUROPEAN PHYSICAL JOURNAL E

Engineering Lipid Bilayer Membranes for Protein Studies

(2013) Muhammad Khan et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES

Evaporation-Induced Buckling and Fission of Microscale Droplet Interface Bilayers

(2013) Jonathan B. Boreyko et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Protocell design through modular compartmentalization

(2013) D. Miller et al.   Journal of the Royal Society Interface

Droplet-based lipid bilayer system integrated with microfluidic channels for solution exchange

(2013) Yutaro Tsuji et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Robust reagent addition and perfusion strategies for droplet-interface bilayers

(2013) Max Lein et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Interdroplet bilayer arrays in millifluidic droplet traps from 3D-printed moulds

(2013) Philip H. King et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Defined DNA-Mediated Assemblies of Gene-Expressing Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

(2013) Maik Hadorn et al.   LANGMUIR

Constructing droplet interface bilayers from the contact of aqueous droplets in oil

(2013) Sebastian Leptihn et al.   Nature Protocols

A Tissue-Like Printed Material

(2013) G. Villar et al.   SCIENCE

Adhesive force between paired microdroplets coated with lipid monolayers

(2013) Miho Yanagisawa et al.   Soft Matter

Engineering multi-compartment vesicle networks

(2013) Yuval Elani et al.   Chemical Science

An engineered dimeric protein pore that spans adjacent lipid bilayers

(2013) Shiksha Mantri et al.   Nature Communications

Automated Parallel Recordings of Topologically Identified Single Ion Channels

(2013) Ryuji Kawano et al.   Scientific Reports

Hydrogel-Stabilized Droplet Bilayers for High Speed Solution Exchange

(2013) Shiv A. Acharya et al.   Scientific Reports

Liposomal drug delivery systems: From concept to clinical applications

(2012) Theresa M. Allen et al.   ADVANCED DRUG DELIVERY REVIEWS

Quantification of Membrane Protein Inhibition by Optical Ion Flux in a Droplet Interface Bilayer Array

(2012) Oliver K. Castell et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

In Vitro Expressed GPCR Inserted in Polymersome Membranes for Ligand-Binding Studies

(2012) Sylvia May et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Giant Vesicles “Colonies”: A Model for Primitive Cell Communities

(2012) Paolo Carrara et al.   CHEMBIOCHEM

Increase in Serum Ca2+/Mg2+Ratio Promotes Proliferation of Prostate Cancer Cells by Activating TRPM7 Channels

(2012) Yuyang Sun et al.   JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY

Miniaturised technologies for the development of artificial lipid bilayer systems

(2012) Michele Zagnoni   LAB ON A CHIP

Ion channel drug potency assay with an artificial bilayer chip

(2012) Ahmad M. El-Arabi et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Novel technologies for the formation of 2-D and 3-D droplet interface bilayer networks

(2012) Yuval Elani et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Triggered Release of Molecules across Droplet Interface Bilayer Lipid Membranes Using Photopolymerizable Lipids

(2012) S. Punnamaraju et al.   LANGMUIR

Droplet Shape Analysis and Permeability Studies in Droplet Lipid Bilayers

(2012) Sanhita S. Dixit et al.   LANGMUIR

From Stability to Permeability of Adhesive Emulsion Bilayers

(2012) Abdou R. Thiam et al.   LANGMUIR

Lipid-coated hydrogel shapes as components of electrical circuits and mechanical devices

(2012) K. Tanuj Sapra et al.   Scientific Reports

Nanopore-Based Single-Molecule Mass Spectrometry on a Lipid Membrane Microarray

(2011) Gerhard Baaken et al.   ACS Nano

Design and In Situ Characterization of Lipid Containers with Enhanced Drug Retention

(2011) Benjamin Wong et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Multicompartment Polymersomes from Double Emulsions

(2011) Ho Cheung Shum et al.   ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION

Masking apertures enabling automation and solution exchange in sessile droplet lipid bilayers

(2011) Shiva A. Portonovo et al.   BIOMEDICAL MICRODEVICES

Rapid Assembly of a Multimeric Membrane Protein Pore

(2011) James R. Thompson et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Storable droplet interface lipid bilayers for cell-free ion channel studies

(2011) Sung-Ho Jung et al.   BIOPROCESS AND BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Retinal implants

(2011) Gislin Dagnelie   CURRENT OPINION IN NEUROLOGY

Magnetic field-controlled gene expression in encapsulated cells

(2011) Viktoria Ortner et al.   JOURNAL OF CONTROLLED RELEASE

Imaging Multiple Conductance States in an Alamethicin Pore

(2011) Lydia M. Harriss et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

In Vitro Reconstitution of Eukaryotic Ion Channels Using Droplet Interface Bilayers

(2011) Sebastian Leptihn et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Direct Quantitation of Peptide-Mediated Protein Transport across a Droplet–Interface Bilayer

(2011) Jing Huang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Multiple Polymersomes for Programmed Release of Multiple Components

(2011) Shin-Hyun Kim et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Microfluidic lipid membrane formation on microchamber arrays

(2011) Sadao Ota et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Combining rails and anchors with laser forcing for selective manipulation within 2D droplet arrays

(2011) Etienne Fradet et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Determining Membrane Capacitance by Dynamic Control of Droplet Interface Bilayer Area

(2011) Linda C. M. Gross et al.   LANGMUIR

Dynamic and Reversible Control of 2D Membrane Protein Concentration in a Droplet Interface Bilayer

(2011) Linda C. M. Gross et al.   NANO LETTERS

A brief history of multisomes

(2011) David Needham   Nature Nanotechnology

Formation of droplet networks that function in aqueous environments

(2011) Gabriel Villar et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Role of potassium ion channels in detrusor smooth muscle function and dysfunction

(2011) Georgi V. Petkov   Nature Reviews Urology

Adhesive Emulsion Bilayers under an Electric Field: From Unzipping to Fusion

(2011) Abdou R. Thiam et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Trapping Microfluidic Drops in Wells of Surface Energy

(2011) Rémi Dangla et al.   PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS

Ultrasensitive detection of protein translocated through toxin pores in droplet-interface bilayers

(2011) A. Fischer et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Membrane-based biomolecular smart materials

(2011) Stephen A Sarles et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Hair cell inspired mechanotransduction with a gel-supported, artificial lipid membrane

(2011) Stephen A. Sarles et al.   Soft Matter

Bilayer Formation between Lipid-Encased Hydrogels Contained in Solid Substrates

(2010) Stephen A. Sarles et al.   ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces

Regulated Attachment Method for Reconstituting Lipid Bilayers of Prescribed Size within Flexible Substrates

(2010) Stephen A. Sarles et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Automated lipid bilayer and ion channel measurement platform

(2010) Tanuj Thapliyal et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

A microfluidic approach for high-throughput droplet interface bilayer (DIB) formation

(2010) C. E. Stanley et al.   CHEMICAL COMMUNICATIONS

Physical encapsulation of droplet interface bilayers for durable, portable biomolecular networks

(2010) Stephen A. Sarles et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A microdroplet-based shift register

(2010) Michele Zagnoni et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

A double droplet trap system for studying mass transport across a droplet-droplet interface

(2010) Yunpeng Bai et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Light-Driven Formation and Rupture of Droplet Bilayers

(2010) Sanhita S. Dixit et al.   LANGMUIR

Voltage Control of Droplet Interface Bilayer Lipid Membrane Dimensions

(2010) Srikoundinya Punnamaraju et al.   LANGMUIR

Multiplexed Parallel Single Transport Recordings on Nanopore Arrays

(2010) Alexander Kleefen et al.   NANO LETTERS

Non-invasive measurement techniques for measuring properties of droplet interface bilayers

(2010) M A Creasy et al.   Smart Materials and Structures

Formation of liquid-core capsules having a thin hydrogel membrane: liquid pearls

(2010) Nicolas Bremond et al.   Soft Matter

Synthetic Protocells to Mimic and Test Cell Function

(2009) Jian Xu et al.   ADVANCED MATERIALS

Bilayer lipid membranes from falling droplets

(2009) Michele Zagnoni et al.   ANALYTICAL AND BIOANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Multichannel Simultaneous Measurements of Single-Molecule Translocation in α-Hemolysin Nanopore Array

(2009) Toshihisa Osaki et al.   ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY

Electrowetting on dielectric-based microfluidics for integrated lipid bilayer formation and measurement

(2009) Jason L. Poulos et al.   APPLIED PHYSICS LETTERS

Direct formation of proteo-liposomes by in vitro synthesis and cellular cytosolic delivery with connexin-expressing liposomes

(2009) Makoto Kaneda et al.   BIOMATERIALS

Ion channels in T lymphocytes: An update on facts, mechanisms and therapeutic targeting in autoimmune diseases

(2009) Zoltan Varga et al.   IMMUNOLOGY LETTERS

Simultaneous Measurement of Ionic Current and Fluorescence from Single Protein Pores

(2009) Andrew J. Heron et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

A fluid approach to simple circuits

(2009) Vicente M. Aguilella et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Droplet networks with incorporated protein diodes show collective properties

(2009) Giovanni Maglia et al.   Nature Nanotechnology

Ion channel and toxin measurement using a high throughput lipid membrane platform

(2008) Jason L. Poulos et al.   BIOSENSORS & BIOELECTRONICS

Asymmetric Droplet Interface Bilayers

(2008) William L. Hwang et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Screening Blockers Against a Potassium Channel with a Droplet Interface Bilayer Array

(2008) Ruhma Syeda et al.   JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY

Formation of artificial lipid bilayers using droplet dielectrophoresis

(2008) Sara Aghdaei et al.   LAB ON A CHIP

Droplet interface bilayers

(2008) Hagan Bayley et al.   Molecular BioSystems