Materials
Name | Company | Catalog Number | Comments |
3-Aminopropyl dimethyl ethoxysilane | ABCR GmbH | AB110423 | |
5 kDa NHS-PEG-maleimide | Rapp Polymer | 13 5000-65-35 | |
TCEP Disulfide reducing gel | Thermo Scientific, Pierce | 77712 | www.thermoscientific.com/pierce |
Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane | |||
BioLever mini silicon nitride cantilevers | Olympus | BL-AC40TS-C2 | Soft batches |
XYZ Piezoelectric actuators | Physik Instrumente GmbH | ||
Infrared “broad spectrum” IR laser | Superlum | ||
MFP-3D AFM Controller | Asylum Research | ||
Igor Pro 6.31 | Wavemetrics | Data acquisition and analysis | |
Sodium chloride | |||
Calcium chloride | |||
pH Meter | |||
Sodium borate | |||
Tweezers | |||
Cover glasses | Thermo Scientific, Menzel-Gläser | 24 mm diameter, 0.5 mm thickness | |
PTFE sample holder | custom made | ||
Sonicator bath | |||
Ethanol | analytical purity | ||
Sulfuric acid (concentrated) | analytical purity | ||
Hydrogen peroxide (30%) | analytical purity | ||
Orbital shaker | |||
Toluene | analytical purity | ||
Filter paper | |||
Glass slides | |||
Microtubes | |||
Micropipettes | |||
Centrifuge | suitable for microtubes | ||
Rotator | |||
Petri dishes | |||
Beakers | |||
Optical microscope |
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