Research Article

Thrombin-Binding Aptamer Quadruplex Formation: AFM and Voltammetric Characterization

Figure 1

AFM topographical images in air of TBA molecules, immobilized onto HOPG by spontaneous adsorption during 3 minutes, from solutions of 1  𝜇 g mL-1 TBA in pH 7.0 0.1 M phosphate buffer: (a, b) in the absence and (c, d) in the presence of 100 mM K+, after (c) 1 hour and (d) 24 hours of incubation.
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