Summary of coverage parameters for bilayers deposited onto silicon from vesicle fusion as determined by AFM (T is the temperature of deposition. Quoted errors are the data standard deviations).
| Lipid system | Subphase | Time/s | T/°C | Average coverage/% | Average defect thickness/nm |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DMPC | H2O | 30 | 28 | 56 (±19) | 4.7 (±0.4) |
| 60 | 98 (±1) | 4.6 (±0.9) | |||
| 300 | 99.1 (±0.6) | 4.6 (±1.0) | |||
| 1800 | 98.1 (±0.6) | 4.3 (±0.7) | |||
| 7200 | 95 (±4) | 4.8 (±0.9) | |||
| 8.3 (±2.2) | |||||
| DMPC | CaCl2 | 30 | 28 | 99 (±1) | 4.7 (±0.5) |
| 60 | 99.5 (±0.2) | 4.5 (±0.6) | |||
| 120 | 99.4 (±0.3) | 4.7 (±0.7) | |||
| 1800 | 99.2 (±0.7) | 4.9 (±0.8) | |||
| 7200 | 99.8 (±0.1) | 4.6 (±0.5) | |||
| DMPC : cholesterol | H2O | 30 | 28 | 95 (±1) | 4.5 (±0.5) |
| 8.5 (±1.3) | |||||
| 60 | 98.4 (±0.8) | 4.6 (±0.6) | |||
| 8.0 (±1.5) | |||||
| 120 | 99 (±1) | 4.5 (±0.4) | |||
| 8.6 (±2.0) | |||||
| 600 | 98 (±2) | 4.6 (±0.6) | |||
| 7.3 (±0.9) | |||||
| 1200 | 98 (±2) | 4.6 (±0.5) | |||
| 7.7 (±1.0) | |||||
| 1800 | 99.3 (±0.4) | 4.5 (±0.4) | |||
| 8.7 (±2.8) | |||||
| 7200 | 99.7 (±0.3) | 5.1 (±0.5) | |||
| 8.2 (±2.7) | |||||
| DMPC | H2O | 60 | 18 | 13 (±8) | 4.6 (±0.4) |
| 300 | 20 (±10) | 4.8 (±0.4) | |||
| 1800 | 99 (±1) | 4.8 (±0.6) |