Semiconductor Membrane Mimics Biological Behavior Of Ion Channels

Link:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2007/07/070712134611.htm

Summary: A semiconductor membrane designed by people at the University of Illinois could offer more flexibility. Also could make better electrical performance than biological membranes. It was built from thin silicon layers covered with different things. The solid membrane also could be used in applications such as singlemolecule detection, protein filtering and DNA sequencing.

Questions:

1. Which components of the cell membrane are being discussed in the article?
2. What is the purpose of the process or component in the article? to make electrical performance better.
3. List three things you learned from the article in your own words. It made better flexibility. Electrical performance was better. It could also be used for detection.
4. What impact would the absence of this organelle/process have on the cell? nothing would ne protecting the things inside of the membrane.