Biomacromolecular Characterizations Using State-of-the-Art Quartz Crystal Microbalance with Dissipation
Jingjing Wei1, Yu Shao2, Shixin Qiao1
1College of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Anyang Institute of Technology, Anyang, Henan 455000, China.
Analytical Chemistry
|November 3, 2023
Abstract:
Biomolecular characterization is essential in fields such as drug discovery, glycomics, and cell biology. This feature article focuses on the experimental use of quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D) as a powerful analytical technique to probe biological events ranging from biomacromolecular interactions and conformational changes of biomacromolecules to surface immobilization of biomacromolecules and cell morphological changes.
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