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In this paper, we describe the application of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) to characterize process of formation and properties of solid-supported tethered bilayer membranes on solid conducting substrates. Along with the description of experimental procedures to prepare substrates and self-assembly of phospholipid bilayers onto gold-coated glass slides, we describe the detailed protocols of EIS measurements. We demonstrate the utility of EIS in the evaluation of the properties of both molecular anchor layers used to immobilize tBLMs as well as characterization of tBLMs. We show that the EIS methodology extends the applicability of this technique well beyond the mere evaluation of electric parameters. Specifically, we demonstrate how by using EIS one may evaluate both density and size of water-filled defects (ion-channels) in tBLMs, to determine the structural mode (homogeneous, heterogeneous, or clustered) of distribution of defects in tBLMs. Our methodology can be applied in both basic protein membrane interaction studies, as well as in the development of precision biosensoric systems with tBLMs as a sensing element.
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Penkauskas, T., Ambrulevičius, F., Valinčius, G. (2022). Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy as a Convenient Tool to Characterize Tethered Bilayer Membranes. In: Cranfield, C.G. (eds) Membrane Lipids. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 2402. Humana, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1843-1_4
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