Patent ID: 8227033
Filing Date: 2012-07-24
Classification: B82Y,G03F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for applying membrane lipids to a substrate, comprising the steps of: a) providing a substrate and an ink reservoir having an ink including a membrane lipid; b) dipping a tip of a scanning probe microscope into the ink so as to dispose the membrane lipid on the tip; c) bringing the tip of the scanning probe microscope into contact with a surface of the substrate and moving the tip over regions of the surface so that the membrane lipid migrates from the tip of the scanning probe microscope onto the surface of the substrate so as to form a plurality of lipid multilayers in the regions, and controlling, in the plurality of lipid multilayers, the number of lipid layers substantially simultaneously stacked on the surface of the substrate by at least one of the velocity of the tip of the scanning probe microscope over the surface of the substrate and the relative air humidity in the atmosphere, wherein the relative air humidity is at least 50%; and then d) removing the tip from the surface of the substrate.