Electro-assisted self-assembly

Guillemin, Y., Ghanbaja, J., Aubert, E., Etienne, M., and Walcarius, A. (2014) Electro-assisted self-assembly of cetyltrimethylammonium-templated silica films in aqueous media critical effect of counteranions on the morphology and mesostructure type. Chem, Mater, 26, 1848-1858. 

Goux A, Etienne M, Aubert E, Lecomte C, Ghanbaja J, Walcarius A (2009) Oriented mesoporous silica films obtained by electro-assisted self-assembly (EASA). Chem Mater 21 731-741... 

The control of surface functionality by proper selection of the composition of the LB films and/or the self-assembling (amphiphatic) molecular systems can mimic many functions of a biologically active membrane. An informative comparison is that between inverted erythrocyte ghosts (Dinno et al., 1991 Matthews et al., 1993) and their synthetic mimics when environmental stresses are imposed on both systems. These model systems can assist in mechanistic studies to understand the functional alterations that result from ultrasound, EM fields, and UV radiation. The behavior of carrier molecules and receptor site functionality must be mimicked properly along with simulating disturbances in the proton motive force (PMF) of viable cells. Use of ion/electron transport ionomers in membrane-catalyst preparations is beneficial for programs such as electro-enzymatic synthesis and metabolic pathway emulation (Fisher et al., 2000 Chen et al., 2004). Development of new membranes used in artificial organs and advances in micelle reaction systems have resulted from these efforts. 

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