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Publication
Journal of Electron Microscopy Technique
Paper
Determination of the physical structure of biological materials at biosensor interfaces by techniques of increasing magnification from microscopic to molecular scale
Abstract
Chemical selectivity of biosensors is derived from biological materials interfaced to the surface of transducing devices. Molecular recognition events lead to macroscopic function suitable for analytical measurements. The structurefunction relationships of biochemical species at interfaces must be established to characterize and optimize biosensor operation. The techniques of ellipsometry, fluorescence microscopy, electron microscopy, and scanning tunneling microscopy are used to investigate the structure of monolayers and multilayers of proteins and lipids at interfaces that are prepared by LangmuirBlodgett techniques and by selfassembly from bulk solution. The relative merits and limitations of the measurement techniques in the determination of aspects of interfacial structure are considered. Copyright1991 WileyLiss, Inc.