The specific recognization between galactose group and Ricinus Communis Agglutinin (RCA) was investigated by microcantilever. The gold side of the microcantilever was covalently bound with N-galactose, RCA and asialofetuin (ASF) via mixed self assembly monolayer of 11-mercaptoundecanoic acid and 6-mercaptohexanol, respectively. After adding RCA into the flowing cell, the deflection could be observed on the N-galactose or ASF modified microcantilever. Meanwhile, the deflection could also be observed after ASF bound to the RCA modified microcantilever. In order to prove that the deflection is caused by the specific interaction between the galactose group and RCA, bovine serum albumin (BSA) was introduced into the flowing cell as control experiment and no obvious deflection was observed. The specific interaction was also confirmed by the evidence that the bound protein layer can be mechanically removed with atomic force microscopy nanolithography technology.
Self-organization of amino-acid-derived NDI assemblies into a nanofibrillar superstructure with humidity sensitive n-type semiconducting properties