Bilayer lipid membranes

• electrical properties
• voltage-dependent capacitance
• voltage-dependent changes of membrane structure
• transport through the membranes
• development of measurement methods
• electroporation
• mechanisms of BLM formation process
• electrochemical sensors, biosensors, biomimetic sensors

My setup for investigation of electrical properties of bilayer lipid membranes used in Białystok. The vessel for formation of the membranes The device for electrical measurements The optical setup pictures of membranes membrane formation process

• Recording of membrane capacitance - studies of membrane formation process, measurments of membrane thickness, studies of membrane thickness changes caused by membrane potential.
• Cyclic voltammetry - measurement of membrane resistance, investigation of transport processes.
• Chronoamperometry - investigation of transport processes.
• Capacitance-voltage characteristics - investigation of surface potentials.

Chronopotentiometry - studies of mechanism of electroporation phenomenon - generation of simple pore in membrane.

New measurement device used for investigations of BLMs.

Faraday case and measurement vessel