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Inha University

3 ARTICLES PUBLISHED IN JoVE

Bioengineering

Automated Lipid Bilayer Membrane Formation Using a Polydimethylsiloxane Thin Film

Sangbaek Choi^1,3, Sunhee Yoon^1,3, Hyunil Ryu^1,3, Sun Min Kim^2,3,4, Tae-Joon Jeon^1,3,4

¹Department of Biological Engineering, Inha University, ²Department of Mechanical Engineering, Inha University, ³Biohybrid Systems Research Center (BSRC), Inha University, ⁴Convergent Research Center for Metabolism and Immunoregulation (CRCMI), Inha University

We demonstrate a storable, transportable lipid bilayer formation system. A lipid bilayer membrane can be formed within 1 hr with over 80% success rate when a frozen membrane precursor is brought to ambient temperature. This system will reduce laborious processes and expertise associated with ion channels.

Engineering

Simultaneous Multi-surface Anodizations and Stair-like Reverse Biases Detachment of Anodic Aluminum Oxides in Sulfuric and Oxalic Acid Electrolyte

Healin Im^*1, Seok Hwan Jeong^*1, Dong Hyuk Park², Sunkook Kim¹, Young Ki Hong¹

¹School of Advanced Materials Science and Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, ²Department of Applied Organic Materials Engineering, Inha University

A protocol for fabricating nanoporous anodic aluminum oxides via simultaneous multi-surfaces anodization followed by stair-like reverse biases detachments is presented. It can be applied repeatedly to the same aluminum substrate, exhibiting a facile, high-yield, and environmentally clean strategy.

Engineering

Development of a Nose-only Inhalation Toxicity Test Chamber That Provides Four Exposure Concentrations of Nano-sized Particles

Jae-Seong Yi^1,2, Ki-Soo Jeon², Hee-Jung Kim², Ki-Joon Jeon¹, Il-Je Yu²

¹Department of Environmental Engineering, Inha University, ²HCTM Co. Ltd

A nose-only inhalation toxicity chamber capable of testing inhalation toxicity at four different exposure concentrations was designed and validated for flow field uniformity and cross-contamination between the exposure ports for each concentration. Here, we present a protocol to confirm that the designed chamber is effective for inhalation toxicity testing.