Probing droplets with biological colloidal suspensions on smart surfaces by synchrotron radiation micro- and nano-beams
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Marinaro, GiovanniAccardo, Angelo
Benseny-Cases, Núria
Burghammer, Manfred C.
Castillo-Michel, Hiram A.
Cotte, Marine
Dante, Silvia
De Angelis, Francesco De
Di Cola, Emanuela
Di Fabrizio, Enzo M.

Hauser, C.
Riekel, Christian
KAUST Department
Analytical Chemistry Core LabMaterial Science and Engineering Program
Physical Science and Engineering (PSE) Division
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2015-04-08Online Publication Date
2015-04-08Print Publication Date
2016-01Permanent link to this record
http://hdl.handle.net/10754/566152
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Droplets with colloidal biological suspensions evaporating on substrates with defined wetting properties generate confined environments for initiating aggregation and self-assembly processes. We describe smart micro- and nanostructured surfaces, optimized for probing single droplets and residues by synchrotron radiation micro- and nanobeam diffraction techniques. Applications are presented for Ac-IVD and β-amyloid (1-42) peptides capable of forming cross-β sheet structures. Complementary synchrotron radiation FTIR microspectroscopy addresses secondary structure formation. The high synchrotron radiation source brilliance enables fast raster-scan experiments. © 2015 Elsevier Ltd.Citation
Marinaro, G., Accardo, A., Benseny-Cases, N., Burghammer, M., Castillo-Michel, H., Cotte, M., … Riekel, C. (2016). Probing droplets with biological colloidal suspensions on smart surfaces by synchrotron radiation micro- and nano-beams. Optics and Lasers in Engineering, 76, 57–63. doi:10.1016/j.optlaseng.2015.03.004Publisher
Elsevier BVJournal
Optics and Lasers in Engineeringae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/j.optlaseng.2015.03.004