• Introduction
• Substrates
• Substrates: Preferences
• Mica
• Glass
• Glass cleaning
• Gold
• Epitaxially grown gold surface Au(111)
• Silicon
• Graphite - HOPG
• Thermanox
• Functionalized surfaces
• Silanized surfaces - the APTES method
• AP glass
• AP-silicon
• AP-mica
• ANB-NOS modified surfaces
• Silanized surfaces - the APS method
• APS-mica
• Immobilization on poly-L-lysine-coated surface
• Hydrophobic /hydrophilic surfaces
• Glass hydrophobization
• N-Hydroxysuccinimide ester functionalization
• Preparation of ultraflat gold
• Adhesive tape
• Superglue
• Binding of biological molecules to a solid substrate
• The Kleinschmidt method
• DNA adsorption to APTES mica
• Protein adsorption
• Substrate supported lipid membranes
• Sources of supply