Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 10, Issue 4, Pages 4011-4019Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.5b05286
Keywords
dielectrophoresis force spectroscopy; intermolecular weak binding interactions; energy landscape; microfluidic device; pulling direction
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- Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) - Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning, Republic of Korea [NRF-2013R1A2A2A03005767, NRF-2013R1A1A2053613]
- Yonsei University Future-leading Research Initiative [2015-22-0059]
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The direct quantification of weak intermolecular binding interactions is very important for many applications in biology and medicine. Techniques that can be used to investigate such interactions under a controlled environment, while varying different parameters such as loading rate, pulling direction, rupture event measurements, and the use of different functionalized probes, are still lacking. Herein, we demonstrate a biaxial dielectrophoresis force spectroscopy (BDFS) method that can be used to investigate weak unbinding events in a high-throughput manner under controlled environments and by varying the pulling direction (i.e., transverse and/or vertical axes) as well as the loading rate. With the BDFS system, we can quantitatively analyze binding interactions related to hydrogen bonding or ionic attractions between functionalized microbeads and a surface within a microfluidic device. Our BDFS system allowed for the characterization of the number of bonds involved in an interaction, bond affinity, kinetic rates, and energy barrier heights and widths from different regimes of the energy landscape.
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