Kanagawa Institute of Industrial Science and Technology

Toray Engineering Company, Limited

Toshihisa Osaki

Shoji Takeuchi

Koki Kamiya

Masatoshi Hayakawa

Miharu Kaneko

Hideo Uehara

Katsufumi Araki

Toshiyuki Ura

Ayumi Konda

Hajime Hirata

Hirotaka Sugiura

Hisatoshi Mimura

Tetsuya Yamada

The present invention provides a measuring device which includes: a first container and a second container that are arranged adjacent to each other; and a partition wall provided between the first and second containers, the partition wall having a through hole(s) for forming a lipid bilayer(s). In this measuring device, a gas flow path(s) having a hydrophobic surface is/are formed in at least one of the first and second containers; the gas flow path(s) has/have an inlet and an outlet; the inlet and the outlet each communicate with the exterior of the measuring device; the gas flow path(s) open(s) into the container in which it/they is/are formed; and a gas flowing in the gas flow path(s) contacts the droplet filled in the container.

Measurement instrument and method for measuring target substance using same

Disclosed are a separator for lipid bilayer membrane formation capable of forming a lipid bilayer membrane with excellent properties, wherein the separator for lipid bilayer membrane formation has sufficient mechanical strength and can be easily manufactured in a large scale by using a general-purpose machine without need of using an expensive machine, and a method of producing the separator. The separator for lipid bilayer membrane formation includes a thin film having one or more through holes and made of a resin capable of being wet-etched, and reinforcing layers covering both surfaces of the thin film and made of a resin capable of being wet-etched. The reinforcing layers cover the whole area of the thin film, except for the through holes and the peripheries thereof, and each through hole has a tapered cross-sectional shape.

Partition wall for formation of lipid bilayer membrane, and method for producing same

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