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Pant and Rosenberg1 have reported sustained, coupled electrical and mechanical oscillations on bimolecular lipid membranes (BLM) separating two aqueous solutions of inorganic salts (Fig. 1). The oscillatory behaviour could be observed in both voltage and current mode. The system showed a definite rectifying characteristic, the transport of negative charge carriers from the compartment containing KI to the K3[Fe(CN)6] solution, and/or that of the positive charge carriers from the K3[Fe(CN)6] solution to the KI solution, was more likely than that of charge carriers with opposite sign in the same direction.
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KARVALY, B. Oscillatory Electrochemical Reactions at Bimolecular Lipid Membrane-Redox Electrolyte Interfaces. Nature 244, 25–26 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1038/244025a0
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