Stretching of Lipid Membranes Using Optical Forces

Mehmet E. Solmaz; Mehmet E. Solmaz; Shalene Sankhagowit; Roshni Biswas; Camilo A. Mejia; James R. Thompson; Noah Malmstadt; Michelle Povinelli

doi:10.1364/BODA.2013.BW5A.4

Optics in the Life Sciences
OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013),
paper BW5A.4
•https://doi.org/10.1364/BODA.2013.BW5A.4

Stretching of Lipid Membranes Using Optical Forces

Mehmet E. Solmaz, Shalene Sankhagowit, Roshni Biswas, Camilo A. Mejia, James R. Thompson, Noah Malmstadt, and Michelle Povinelli

Bio-Optics: Design and Application 2013

Waikoloa Beach, Hawaii United States
14–18 April 2013
ISBN: 978-1-55752-966-4

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M. E. Solmaz, S. Sankhagowit, R. Biswas, C. A. Mejia, J. R. Thompson, N. Malmstadt, and M. Povinelli, "Stretching of Lipid Membranes Using Optical Forces," in Optics in the Life Sciences, OSA Technical Digest (online) (Optica Publishing Group, 2013), paper BW5A.4.

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Abstract

A dual-beam optical trap is used to investigate the mechanical properties of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs), synthetic lipid-bilayer systems commonly used for studying membrane mechanics. GUV deformation is analyzed to extract the membrane bending modulus.

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