Advanced Materials, Vol.20, No.1, 84-84, 2008
Long-lived planar lipid bilayer membranes anchored to an in situ polymerized hydrogel
Bilayer membranes that are covalently conjugated in situ to an encapsulating hydrogel have been formed. These membranes are extremely long-lived, lasting over ten days in standard laboratory conditions, and are sufficiently fluid to support protein incorporation.