Tutorials - Surface chemistry in BioAFM

References

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Sources of supply

• Glass coverslips: Plano, W. Planet GmbH, Marburg, Germany.
• Plasma cleaner: Harrick Plasma cleaner
• UV-lamp: Pen-ray lamp
• Mica: Mica New York Corp. 75 Varick Street, NY 10013.
• PLL: Poly-L-lysine hydrobromide, Sigma P0879, mol wt 1,000 to 4,000.
• Dichlorodimethylsilane (CH3)2SiCl2: Aldrich 44,027-2.
• 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane: Aldrich 440140
• 1,4-phenylenediisothiocyanate C6H4(NCS)2: Aldrich: 25,855-5
• 3'-glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane: Power Chemical Corporation (www.powerchemical.net): PC3100
• N-5-azido2-nitrobenzoyloxysuccinimide ANB-NOS: Pierce Biotechnology, USA (www.piercenet.com) 21451, Apollo Scientific, UK (www.apolloscientific.co.uk) BIPA110
• Thermanox: Miles Scientific, Nunc GmbH, Wiesbaden, Germany.
• Dithiobis(succinimidyl-undecanoate) DSU: Dojindo, Japan (www.dojindo.com): code D539.
• 11-Amino-1-undecanethiol, hydrochloride: Dojindo, Japan (www.dojindo.com): code A 423.