Dielectrophoretic tweezers as a platform for molecular force spectroscopy in a highly parallel format.
Dielectrophoretic tweezers as a platform for molecular force spectroscopy in a highly parallel format.
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DOI:
10.1039/c1lc20627c
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发表时间:
2011-12-21
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Vezenov D
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Cheng P;Barrett MJ;Oliver PM;Cetin D;Vezenov D
We demonstrated the application of a simple electrode geometry for dielectrophoresis (DEP) on colloidal probes as a form of molecular force spectroscopy in a highly parallel format. The electric field between parallel plates is perturbed with dielectric microstructures, generating uniform DEP forces on colloidal probes in the range of several hundred piconewtons across a macroscopic sample area. We determined the approximate crossover frequency between negative and positive DEP using electrodes without dielectric microstructures—a simplification over standard experimental methods involving quadrupoles or optical trapping. 2D and 3D simulations of the electric field distributions validated the experimental behavior of several of our DEP tweezers geometries and provided insight into potential improvements. We applied the DEP tweezers to the stretching of a short DNA oligomer and detected its extension using total-internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. The combination of a simple cell fabrication, a uniform distribution of high axial forces, and a facile optical detection of our DEP tweezers makes this form of molecular force spectroscopy ideal for highly parallel detection of stretching or unbinding kinetics of biomolecules.
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