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AssigneeOxford Nanopore Technologies PLC
InventorsJason Robert Hyde, Pedro Miguel Ortiz Bahamon, Clive Gavin Brown, Andrew John Heron, Paul Raymond Mackett
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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.
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An apparatus for forming an amphiphilic membrane, the apparatus comprising:
An apparatus comprising:
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