Formation of array of membranes and apparatus therefor

An array of membranes comprising amphipathic molecules is formed using an apparatus comprising a support defining an array of compartments. Volumes comprising polar medium are provided within respective compartments and a layer comprising apolar medium is provided extending across the openings with...

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Hauptverfasser:	Bahamon, Pedro Miguel Ortiz, Heron, Andrew John, Brown, Clive Gavin, Hyde, Jason Robert, Mackett, Paul Raymond
Format:	Patent
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	BEER BIOCHEMISTRY CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR GENERAL USE CHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROCESSES, e.g. CATALYSIS OR COLLOIDCHEMISTRY CHEMISTRY COMPOSITIONS OR TEST PAPERS THEREFOR CONDITION-RESPONSIVE CONTROL IN MICROBIOLOGICAL ORENZYMOLOGICAL PROCESSES ENZYMOLOGY INVESTIGATING OR ANALYSING MATERIALS BY DETERMINING THEIRCHEMICAL OR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES MEASURING MEASURING OR TESTING PROCESSES INVOLVING ENZYMES, NUCLEICACIDS OR MICROORGANISMS METALLURGY MICROBIOLOGY MUTATION OR GENETIC ENGINEERING PERFORMING OPERATIONS PHYSICAL OR CHEMICAL PROCESSES OR APPARATUS IN GENERAL PHYSICS PROCESSES OF PREPARING SUCH COMPOSITIONS SPIRITS TESTING THEIR RELEVANT APPARATUS TRANSPORTING VINEGAR WINE
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Zusammenfassung:	An array of membranes comprising amphipathic molecules is formed using an apparatus comprising a support defining an array of compartments. Volumes comprising polar medium are provided within respective compartments and a layer comprising apolar medium is provided extending across the openings with the volumes. Polar medium is flowed across the support to displace apolar medium and form a layer in contact with the volumes, forming membranes comprising amphipathic molecules at the interfaces. In one construction of the apparatus, the support that comprises partitions which comprise inner portions and outer portions. The inner portions define inner recesses without gaps therebetween that are capable of constraining the volumes comprising polar medium contained in neighbouring inner recesses from contacting each other. The outer portions extend outwardly from the inner portions and have gaps allowing the flow of an apolar medium across the substrate.