title: Ultrathin Covalently Bound Organic Layers on Mica: Formation of Atomically Flat Biofunctionalizable Surfaces.
abstract: Mica is the substrate of choice for microscopic visualization of a wide variety of intricate nanostructures. Unfortunately, the lack of a facile strategy for its modification has prevented the on-mica assembly of nanostructures. Herein, we disclose a convenient catechol-based linker that enables various surface-bound metal-free click reactions, and an easy modification of mica with DNA nanostructures and a horseradish peroxidase mimicking hemin/G-quadruplex DNAzyme.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rickdeb
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-1735-9071
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sen
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Digvijay
authors.identifier: 0000-0002-7599-1684
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gahtory
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Rui Rijo
authors.initials: RR
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bauke
authors.identifier: 0000-0003-3659-2434
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Albada
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Floris L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: van Delft
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Organic Chemistry, Wageningen University & Research, Stippeneng 4, 6708 WE, Wageningen, The Netherlands.|Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.|School of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Technology, Tianjin University, 92 Weijin Road, Nankai District, Tianjin, 92000, P.R. China.
authors.forename: Han
authors.identifier: 0000-0001-5773-8506
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zuilhof
keywords: DNA; click chemistry; enzymes; surface chemistry; ultrathin layers