Determining the Bending Rigidity of Free-Standing Planar Phospholipid Bilayers

We describe a method to determine membrane bending rigidity from capacitance measurements on large area, free-standing, planar, biomembranes. The bending rigidity of lipid membranes is an important biological mechanical property that is commonly optically measured in vesicles, but difficult to quant...

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Main Authors: Oscar Zabala-Ferrera, Paige Liu, Peter J. Beltramo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Membranes
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0375/13/2/129