Hybrid lipid bilayers in nanostructured silicon: a biomimetic mesoporous scaffold for optical detection of cholera toxin

Chem Commun (Camb). 2007 May 21:(19):1936-8. doi: 10.1039/b702762a.

Abstract

Cholera toxin levels are optically detected by affinity capture within hybrid lipid bilayer membranes formed in the nanostructures of porous silicon photonic crystals.

MeSH terms

  • Biomimetic Materials / chemistry*
  • Cholera Toxin / analysis*
  • Crystallization
  • Lipid Bilayers / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Optics and Photonics
  • Porosity
  • Silicon / chemistry*
  • Surface Properties

Substances

  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Cholera Toxin
  • Silicon