Cross section of a lipid bilayer with a carbon nanotube pore on bioelectronic device (IMAGE)

American Institute of Physics

Cross section of a lipid bilayer with a carbon nanotube pore on bioelectronic device

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This image shows a cross section of a lipid bilayer with a carbon nanotube pore on a surface of a bioelectronic device. The bilayer protects the surface from large protein foulants in solution and lets water, ions, and small molecules through to the device surface.

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Yuliang Zhang and Aleksandr Noy (LLNL)

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