N-Heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) have become one of the most widely studied class of
ligands in molecular chemistry and have found applications in fields as varied as catalysis …

Optical biosensors that exploit surface plasmon resonance, waveguides and resonant
mirrors have been used widely over the past decade to analyse biomolecular interactions …

The formation of organic films on gold employing N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) has been
previously shown to be a useful strategy for generating stable organic films. However, NHCs …

Considerable attention has been drawn during the last two decades to functionalize noble
metal surfaces by forming ordered organic films of few nm to several hundred-nm thickness …

Lipid-bilayer membranes supported on solid substrates are widely used as cell-surface
models that connect biological and artificial materials. They can be placed either directly on …

The use of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) in various fields of research is rapidly
growing. In particular, many biomedical fields apply SAMs as an interface-layer between a …

The adsorption kinetics of small unilamellar egg-yolk phosphatidylcholine vesicles was
investigated by the quartz crystal microbalance− dissipation (QCM− D) technique, as a …

During last decade there has been significant progress in the development of analytical
techniques for evaluation of receptor-ligand iteraction. Surface plasmon resonance (SPR) …

Biological protein pores and pore-forming peptides can generate a pathway for the flux of
ions and other charged or polar molecules across cellular membranes. In nature, these …

Using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy in the Kretschmann configuration,
we followed the self-assembly of organic ultrathin films which resulted from exposure of gold …