Abstract
This article discusses the discoidal phospholipid membrane as resource material to prepare vesicles or planer membranes such as supported lipid bilayer (SLB) to be applied to membranous functional materials. The characteristics of the disk–shaped membrane, “arranging fat–soluble molecules”, and “concentrating them”, are important factors for developing a membrane functional material. In addition, the “morphological change of the discoidal membrane” upon its dilution step according to short–chained lipid (DHPC) concentration and the size of the assembly is, too. The methodology established in this study is expected to contribute to its application to the continuous preparation method of bicellar, vesicular or planar membranous materials that possess the heterogeneous texture at their surface.
