| Issue |
Europhys. Lett.
Volume 43, Number 1, July I 1998
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|---|---|---|
| Page(s) | 101 - 106 | |
| Section | Cross-disciplinary physics and related areas of science and technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/epl/i1998-00308-1 | |
| Published online | 01 September 2002 | |
Flicker noise in bilayer lipid membranes
Istituto Nazionale per la Fisica della Materia and Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Genova - Via Dodecaneso 33, 16146, Genova, Italy
Received:
6
April
1998
Accepted:
11
May
1998
For the first time, we observe long-living voltage fluctuations in a bilayer membrane of diphytanoyl phosphatidylcholine held in current-clamp conditions. These fluctuations follow an increase of the membrane conductance due to the opening of hydrophilic pores induced by the transmembrane voltage, a phenomenon called electroporation. The measured power spectrum for membranes under these conditions is proportional to the reciprocal of the frequency.
PACS: 87.22.Bt – Membrane and subcellular physics and structure / 73.50.Td – Noise processes and phenomena / 73.61.Ph – Polymers; organic compounds
© EDP Sciences, 1998
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