Biophysical Journal 31: 425-431 (1980)
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Analysis of adhesion of large vesicles to surfaces.

ABSTRACT

An experimental procedure that can be used to measure the interfacial free energy density for the adhesion of membranes of large vesicles to other surfaces is outlined and analyzed. The approach can be used for both large phospholipid bilayer vesicles and red blood cells when the membrane force resultants are dominated by isotropic tension. The large vesicle or red cell is aspirated by a micropipet with sufficient suction pressure to form a spherical segment outside the pipet. The vesicle is then brought into close proximity of the surface to be tested and, the suction pressure reduced to permit adhesion, and the new equilibrium configuration is established. The mechanical analysis of the equilibrium shape provides the interfacial free energy density for the surface affinity. With this approach, the measurable range of membrane surface affinity is 10(-4)-3 erg/cm2 for large phospholipid bilayer vesicles and 10(-2)-10 erg/cm2 for red blood cells.

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