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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2012 Oct 18.
Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2008 May 30;24(13):6820–6826. doi: 10.1021/la800018d

Figure 1.

Figure 1

Schematic diagrams of the supported bilayer systems used in this work. (A) A bilayer supported directly on a bare glass substrate. Membrane proteins, which protrude beyond the lower leaflet of the bilayer, become immobilized by direct interactions with the underlying glass surface. (B) The double-cushion system creates more space between the bilayer and support and also mitigates interactions with the substrate.