title: Assembly process of 2D protein arrays in wetting films.
abstract: We were successful in developing a technique to form protein array developed directly on solid surfaces. This promising array formation revealed two new concepts of the ordering mechanism: the lifetime of a secondary minimum and secondary films. These concepts are not limited to our film formation technique. Any electrolytic thin film on a solid surfaces or any free film may contain a secondary film. If the secondary film can be retained in an electrolytic thin film for a sufficient period, a large single domain of small colloidal particles, such as proteins, fine metal particles, fine semi-conductive particles, etc., can be produced by an Alder-type transition.
authors.affiliation: Nagayama Protein Array Project, ERATO, JRDC, Tsukuba, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Adachi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nagayama
mesh_terms: D000388:Air; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000379:methods; D011485:Protein Binding; D011506:Proteins / Q000737:chemistry*; D012825:Silicon; D012996:Solutions; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D011506:Proteins; D012996:Solutions; D012825:Silicon