Tailoring a Solvent-Assisted Method for Solid-Supported Hybrid Lipid-Polymer Membranes.

ABSTRACT: Combining amphiphilic block copolymers and phospholipids opens new opportunities for the preparation of artificial membranes. The chemical versatility and mechanical robustness of polymers together with the fluidity and biocompatibility of lipids afford hybrid membranes with unique properties that are of great interest in the field of bioengineering. Owing to its straightforwardness, the solvent-assisted method (SA) is particularly attractive for obtaining solid-supported membranes. While the SA method was first developed for lipids and very recently extended to amphiphilic block copolymers, its potential to develop hybrid membranes has not yet been explored. Here, we tailor the SA method to prepare solid-supported polymer-lipid hybrid membranes by combining a small library of amphiphilic

SUBMITTER: Di Leone S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9161443 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature