Title :
Using differential confocal microscopy to study voltage-induced membrane movements of lipid vesicles
Author :
Lee, Chau-Hwang ; Wang, Po-Hsiang
Author_Institution :
Inst. of Appl. Sci. & Eng. Res., Acad. Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
Abstract :
Voltage-induced lipid-vesicle membrane movements are characterized with differential confocal microscopy. Deformations are three orders of magnitude larger than those measured on cells using atomic force microscopy. Data are consistent with a model from energy conservation.
Keywords :
biological techniques; biomembranes; cellular biophysics; lipid bilayers; optical microscopy; atomic force microscopy; cells; deformations; differential confocal microscopy; energy conservation; lipid vesicles; voltage-induced membrane movements;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics, 2004. (CLEO). Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
1-55752-777-6
