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LANGMUIR
Volume 21, Issue 18, Pages 8509-8514Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la050407n
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The coupling of lipid molecules to polymer components in a planar biomimetic model membrane made of a lipid bilayer (dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine) supported by polyelectrolyte multilayers is studied. The polyelectrolyte support was prepared by layer-by-layer deposition of positively charged poly(allylamine hydrochloride) (PAH) and negatively charged poly(sodium 4-styrenesulfonate) (PSS). Two polymer sample terminations were considered: positively charged (PAH-terminated) and negatively charged (PSS-terminated). Neutron reflectometry studies showed that, whereas positively charged samples did not favor the deposition of lipid, negatively charged samples allowed the deposition of a lipid bilayer with a thickness of similar to 5 nm. In the latter case, formation of polyelectrolyte layers after the deposition of the lipid layer was also possible.
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