PLANAR LIPID-BILAYER MEMBRANE ARRAY USING MICROFLUID AND ANALYSIS METHOD WITH THE USE OF THE PLANAR LIPID-BILAYER MEMBRANE

摘要

There is provided a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique and a method of analysis using the planar lipid bilayers, providing the advantages such as portability, decreased analysis time, a smaller amount of required reagents, and parallel automation with high reproducibility. The planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique is a planar lipid bilayer array formed by microfluidic technique (PDMS device) 1 saturated with water by preliminarily immersing in water, comprising microchannels 2 connected to an inlet of a microfluidic channel and arranged in parallel, and microchambers 3 having apertures on both sides of the microchannel 2.