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ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
Volume 93, Issue 36, Pages 12464-12471Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.1c02787
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) [21773117, 21904062]
- Excellent Research Program of Nanjing University [ZYJH004]
- Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities [14380234]
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Single-molecule localization technique reveals the transient states of single biomolecules and nanoparticles, as well as the dynamic details and intrinsic mechanisms of single-molecule binding pairs with high specificity and accuracy. Additionally, it can uncover the characteristic behavior of nanoscale liposomes influenced by surface chemistry.
Single-molecule localization allows determining the underlying biological and biochemical processes and promotes the development of super-resolution imaging techniques. Here, we present an optical technique of tracking the motion of a single nanoparticle linked to a substrate via a biomolecule tether to reveal the localization of single biomolecules and the transient states of single nanoparticle switching between specific binding pairs. The affinities, steric hindrance, and conformational variation of a single-molecule binding pair uncover the dynamic details and intrinsic mechanism of binding processes with high specificity and accuracy (a few nanometers). The application of tracking motions of single soft liposomes on different modified surfaces was further demonstrated, which revealed the characteristic behavior related to surface chemistry. Our results show that the trajectory of nanoscale liposomes loaded with small-drug molecules is linked to the compositional inhomogeneity, which provides a route for thorough comprehension of the fundamental biotechnological process.
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