Amphiphilic copolymer planar membranes
AssigneeBioCure, Inc.
InventorsWolfgang Meier, Corinne Nardin, Mathias Winterhalter
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Abstract
Membranes made from amphiphilic copolymers are disclosed. The amphiphilic copolymers can be ABA copolymers, where one of A and B is hydrophilic and the other is hydrophobic. The copolymers may be crosslinked to form more stable structures. Crosslinking can be accomplished using a variety of methods, including end to end polymerization of copolymers having terminal unsaturated groups. Molecules such as membrane proteins can be incorporated into the membrane to allow the transport there through of selected components.
Claims16
A planar membrane formed from amphiphilic copolymers having hydrophobic and hydrophilic segments, wherein the membrane is a bilayer membrane and has a thickness from about 1 nm to 100 nm.
A method of making a stabilized planar membrane, comprising;
- forming a planar membrane from [an] amphiphilic [copolymer] copolymers, wherein the membrane is a bilayer membrane having a thickness from about 1 nm to 100 nm;
- and stabilizing the planar membrane by crosslinking the copolymers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.