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doi:10.22028/D291-37137
Titel: | Covalent Attachment of Single Molecules for AFM-based Force Spectroscopy |
VerfasserIn: | Kolberg, Adrianna Wenzel, Christiane Hugel, Thorsten Gallei, Markus Balzer, Bizan N. |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Titel: | Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE |
Heft: | 157 |
Verlag/Plattform: | JoVE |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2020 |
DDC-Sachgruppe: | 570 Biowissenschaften, Biologie |
Dokumenttyp: | Journalartikel / Zeitschriftenartikel |
Abstract: | Atomic force microscopy (AFM)-based single molecule force spectroscopy is an ideal tool for investigating the interactions between a single polymer and surfaces. For a true single molecule experiment, covalent attachment of the probe molecule is essential because only then can hundreds of force-extension traces with one and the same single molecule be obtained. Many traces are in turn necessary to prove that a single molecule alone is probed. Additionally, passivation is crucial for preventing unwanted interactions between the single probe molecule and the AFM cantilever tip as well as between the AFM cantilever tip and the underlying surface. The functionalization protocol presented here is reliable and can easily be applied to a variety of polymers. Characteristic single molecule events (i.e., stretches and plateaus) are detected in the force-extension traces. From these events, physical parameters such as stretching force, desorption force and desorption length can be obtained. This is particularly important for the precise investigation of stimuli-responsive systems at the single molecule level. As exemplary systems poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG), poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNiPAM) and polystyrene (PS) are stretched and desorbed from SiOx (for PEG and PNiPAM) and from hydrophobic self-assembled monolayer surfaces (for PS) in aqueous environment. |
DOI der Erstveröffentlichung: | 10.3791/60934 |
URL der Erstveröffentlichung: | https://www.jove.com/de/t/60934/covalent-attachment-single-molecules-for-afm-based-force |
Link zu diesem Datensatz: | urn:nbn:de:bsz:291--ds-371374 hdl:20.500.11880/33704 http://dx.doi.org/10.22028/D291-37137 |
ISSN: | 1940-087X |
Datum des Eintrags: | 1-Sep-2022 |
Fakultät: | NT - Naturwissenschaftlich- Technische Fakultät |
Fachrichtung: | NT - Chemie |
Professur: | NT - Prof. Dr. Markus Gallei |
Sammlung: | SciDok - Der Wissenschaftsserver der Universität des Saarlandes |
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