We present an experimental protocol to form a supported lipid bilayer on solid substrates without using lipid vesicles. We demonstrate a one-step method to form a lipid bilayer on silicon dioxide and gold as well as supported membranes with cholesterol-enriched domain for various biological applications.
Tabaei, S. R., Jackman, J. A., Kim, M., Yorulmaz, S., Vafaei, S., Cho, N. Biomembrane Fabrication by the Solvent-assisted Lipid Bilayer (SALB) Method. J. Vis. Exp. (106), e53073, doi:10.3791/53073 (2015).