Biofunctionalization of Sub-Diffractionally Patterned Polymer Structures by Photobleaching

Eljesa Murtezi, Sujitha Puthukodan, Jaroslaw Jacak, Thomas A. Klar

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Abstract

Stimulated emission depletion (STED) nanolithography allows nanofabrication below the diffraction limit. Recently, it was applied to nanoanchors for protein fixation down to the single molecule level. We now combined STED nanolithography with laser-assisted protein adsorption by photobleaching (LAPAP) for optical and selective attachment of proteins to subdiffractional structures. In turn, STED was used for imaging of fluorescently tagged streptavidin to reveal protein binding to STED-lithographically patterned acrylate structures via LAPAP. Protein localization down to 56 nm spots was achieved using all-optical methods at visible wavelengths.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31850-31854
Number of pages5
JournalACS Applied Materials and Interfaces
Volume10
Issue number38
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Sept 2018

Keywords

  • biofunctionalization
  • laser-assisted protein adsorption by photobleaching
  • nanolithography
  • stimulated emission depletion
  • two-photon absorption
  • two-photon lithography
  • Nanotechnology/methods
  • Streptavidin/chemistry
  • Lasers
  • Protein Binding
  • Photobleaching
  • Polymers/chemistry

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