Orientations of liquid crystals on mechanically rubbed films of bovine serum albumin: A possible substrate for biomolecular assays based on liquid crystals

Analytical Chemistry

Volumn 72, Issue 19, 2000, Pages 4646-4653

  Kim, Seung Ryeol ^a   Shah, Rahul R ^a   Abbott, Nicholas L ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOVINE SERUM ALBUMIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G;

ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; FILM; IMMERSION; LIQUID CRYSTAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; CRYSTALLIZATION; METABOLISM;

ADSORPTION; ANISOTROPY; CRYSTALLIZATION; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

EID: 0034287439     PISSN: 00032700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ac000256n     Document Type: Article

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