@article {2905,
	title = {Electro-optical imaging microscopy of dye-doped artificial lipidic membranes.},
	journal = {Biophysical Journal},
	volume = {97},
	year = {2009},
	month = {2009 Dec 2},
	pages = {2913-21},
	abstract = {<p>Artificial lipidic bilayers are widely used as a model for the lipid matrix in biological cell membranes. We use the Pockels electro-optical effect to investigate the properties of an artificial lipidic membrane doped with nonlinear molecules in the outer layer. We report here what is believed to be the first electro-optical Pockels signal and image from such a membrane. The electro-optical dephasing distribution within the membrane is imaged and the signal is shown to be linear as a function of the applied voltage. A theoretical analysis taking into account the statistical orientation distribution of the inserted dye molecules allows us to estimate the doped membrane nonlinearity. Ongoing extensions of this work to living cell membranes are discussed.</p>
},
	keywords = {Artificial, Cell Membrane, Coloring Agents, Lipid Bilayers, Membrane Potentials, Membranes, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques, Microscopy, Molecular Imaging, Optical Processes, Phosphatidylcholines, Potentiometry, Pyridinium Compounds},
	issn = {1542-0086},
	doi = {10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.055},
	author = {Hajj, Bassam and De Reguardati, Sophie and Hugonin, Lo\"{\i}c and Le Pioufle, Bruno and Osaki, Toshihisa and Suzuki, Hiroaki and Takeuchi, Shoji and Mojzisova, Halina and Chauvat, Dominique and Zyss, Joseph}
}
