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ArticleScientific reports2013

Electric moulding of dispersed lipid nanotubes into a nanofluidic device.

Hiroshi Frusawa, Tatsuhiko Manabe, Eri Kagiyama, Ken Hirano, Naohiro Kameta, Mitsutoshi Masuda, Toshimi Shimizu

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Article in Scientific reports, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Hiroshi FrusawaInstitute for Nanotechnology, Kochi University of Technology, Tosa-Yamada, Kochi 782-8502, Japan. frusawa.hiroshi@kochi-tech.ac.jp
Tatsuhiko Manabe
Eri Kagiyama
Ken Hirano
Naohiro Kameta
Mitsutoshi Masuda
Toshimi Shimizu

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Hydrophilic nanotubes formed by lipid molecules have potential applications as platforms for chemical or biological events occurring in an attolitre volume inside a hollow cylinder. Here, we have integrated the lipid nanotubes (LNTs) by applying an AC electric field via plug-in electrode needles placed above a substrate. The off-chip assembly method has the on-demand adjustability of an electrode configuration, enabling the dispersed LNT to be electrically moulded into a separate film of parallel LNT arrays in one-step. The fluorescence resonance energy transfer technique as well as the digital microscopy visualised the overall filling of gold nanoparticles up to the inner capacity of an LNT film by capillary action, thereby showing the potential of this flexible film for use as a high-throughput nanofluidic device where not only is the endo-signalling and product in each LNT multiplied but also the encapsulated objects are efficiently transported and reacted.

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ElectricityMicrofluidic Analytical TechniquesGoldLipidsMetal NanoparticlesNanotechnologyNanotubesGoldLipids

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PMID23835525
PMCPMC3705261

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