... Recently we described a novel method for forming substrate-supported macroscopically-aligned lipid bilayers by self-assembling phospholipids into nanotubular structures inside ordered nanochannels of anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) [1]. We have also shown that these nanotubular bilayers retain many properties of unsupported bilayers and are suitable for incorporating transmembrane peptides and small membrane proteins [2]. ... 2007 Biophysics dep., ...