Giant unilamellar vescicles (GUVs) can be directed into chain-like structures by placing the GUVs in a ferrofluid and applying an external magnetic field .  Lipid transfer between vescicles and membrane stifness changes can be easily monitored with and without the presence of a magnetic field.  Here we present the use of a photopatterning and electroformation technique to generate ten micron sized vescicles.  The subsequent alignment and deformation of these soft colloids under varying hydrodynamic flows will be presented.

Field directed assembly and fusion of vescicles

243rd National Meeting (2012)

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