Tailoring a Solvent-Assisted Method for Solid-Supported Hybrid Lipid–Polymer Membranes
Stefano Leone, Myrto Kyropoulou, Julian Köchlin, Riccardo Wehr, Wolfgang Meier, Cornelia G. Palivan
Abstract
-(glutaryl). The optimization of the conditions under which the SA method was applied allowed for the formation of hybrid polymer-lipid solid-supported membranes. The real-time formation and morphology of these hybrid membranes were evaluated using a combination of quartz crystal microbalance and atomic force microscopy. Depending on the type of polymer-lipid combination, significant differences in membrane coverage, formation of domains, and quality of membranes were obtained. The use of the SA method for a rapid and controlled formation of solid-supported hybrid membranes provides the basis for developing customized artificial hybrid membranes.