eprintid: 1470016 rev_number: 42 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/01/47/00/16 datestamp: 2015-11-04 12:25:58 lastmod: 2021-10-04 01:41:28 status_changed: 2015-11-04 12:25:58 type: article metadata_visibility: show creators_name: Patil, SB creators_name: Vögtli, M creators_name: Webb, B creators_name: Mazza, G creators_name: Pinzani, M creators_name: Soh, YA creators_name: McKendry, RA creators_name: Ndieyira, JW title: Decoupling competing surface binding kinetics and reconfiguration of receptor footprint for ultrasensitive stress assays ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B02 divisions: C10 divisions: D17 divisions: G94 divisions: G91 divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F64 abstract: Cantilever arrays have been used to monitor biochemical interactions and their associated stress. However, it is often necessary to passivate the underside of the cantilever to prevent unwanted ligand adsorption, and this process requires tedious optimization. Here, we show a way to immobilize membrane receptors on nanomechanical cantilevers so that they can function without passivating the underlying surface. Using equilibrium theory, we quantitatively describe the mechanical responses of vancomycin, human immunodeficiency virus type 1 antigens and coagulation factor VIII captured on the cantilever in the presence of competing stresses from the top and bottom cantilever surfaces. We show that the area per receptor molecule on the cantilever surface influences ligand-receptor binding and plays an important role on stress. Our results offer a new way to sense biomolecules and will aid in the creation of ultrasensitive biosensors. date: 2015-08-17 official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.174 vfaculties: VMPS vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green full_text_type: other language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Journal Article verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1043552 doi: 10.1038/nnano.2015.174 pii: nnano.2015.174 lyricists_name: Mazza, Giuseppe lyricists_name: McKendry, Rachel lyricists_name: Ndieyira, Joseph lyricists_name: Pinzani, Massimo lyricists_id: GMAZZ02 lyricists_id: RMCKE57 lyricists_id: JWNDI09 lyricists_id: MPINZ74 actors_name: Ndieyira, Joseph actors_id: JWNDI09 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public publication: Nature Nanotechnology volume: 10 number: 10 pagerange: 899-907 issn: 1748-3395 citation: Patil, SB; Vögtli, M; Webb, B; Mazza, G; Pinzani, M; Soh, YA; McKendry, RA; Patil, SB; Vögtli, M; Webb, B; Mazza, G; Pinzani, M; Soh, YA; McKendry, RA; Ndieyira, JW; - view fewer <#> (2015) Decoupling competing surface binding kinetics and reconfiguration of receptor footprint for ultrasensitive stress assays. Nature Nanotechnology , 10 (10) pp. 899-907. 10.1038/nnano.2015.174 <https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2015.174>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1470016/3/NNANO-14112052A-Ndieyira-MS_Revised_Final_template.pdf