A compact and complete educational kit for accurate electrophysiological recordings.
Especially designed for teaching activities. The kit includes all the tools for fast screening of ion-channels functional activity in lipid environments.
BLM kit
Why to choose the BLM kit?
Miniaturized – Without bulky setup you can start doing experiments on your desk
User friendly – Stable membranes can be easily formed to study ion channels or toxin properties
Teaching activities – Especially designed to enable students to learn electrophysiology basis on lipid bilayer properties, membrane protein study and ion channel analysis
What is inside?
The kit is contained into a 16 x 10 x 5 cm Faraday cage and includes:
- eONE amplifier (Light or Plus version)
- Recording chamber made by two 1 ml Delrin cuvettes with electrode input
- EDR software with real-time analysis
- Additional tools: a set of laser drilled telfon or polyimide membranes, with holes size of 50, 80, 100, 110, 150, 200 µm; Paint brush, Ag wires, electrode connectors to plug the eOne amplifier.
How to perform a Lipid Bilayer experiment using the BLM kit?
| Material | Teflon | Teflon | Teflon | Polyimide | Polyimide | Polyimide |
| Thickness | 50 µm | 50 µm | 50 µm | 50 µm | 50 µm | 50 µm |
| Hole size Ø | 50 µm | 80 µm | 110 µm | 100 µm | 150 µm | 200 µm |
| Typ. BLM capacitance (pF) | 7 – 9 | 18 – 28 | 25 – 50 | 20 – 40 | 35 – 90 | 45 – 140 |
| Max theoretical capacitance* | 9.82 | 25.13 | 47.52 | 39.27 | 88.36 | 157.08 |
*considering 0,5 µF/cm2 spec. cap.)
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