Department of Biomolecular Engineering and Frontier Collaborative Research Centre, Tokyo Institute of Technology, B-53, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama 226-8501, Japan.
Abstract:
Protein bindings onto a gold surface were detected simultaneously by QCM (delta F(water)) and anomalous reflection (deltaR) of gold on the same surface in aqueous solutions; the obtained delta F(water)/deltaR values correlated with surface areas and viscosity of proteins.