Probing droplets with biological colloidal suspensions on smart surfaces by synchrotron radiation micro- and nano-beams》.pdf

Optics and Lasers in Engineering 76 (2016) 57–63 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Optics and Lasers in Engineering journal homepage: /locate/optlaseng Probing droplets with biological colloidal suspensions on smart surfaces by synchrotron radiation micro- and nano-beams G. Marinaro a,b, A. Accardo b, N. Benseny-Cases a,1, M. Burghammer a,c, H. Castillo-Michel a, M. Cotte a,d, S. Dante b, F. De Angelis b, E. Di Cola a,2, E. Di Fabrizio e,f, C. Hauser g, C. Riekel a,n a The European Synchrotron (ESRF), CS 40220, F-38043 Grenoble Cedex 9, France b Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, Genova 16163, Italy c Department of Analytical Chemistry, Ghent University, Krijgslaan 281, S12B-9000 Ghent, Belgium d LAMS (Laboratoire d Archéologie Moléculaire et Structurale), UMR-8220, 3 rue Galilée 94200 Ivry-sur-Seine, France e Physical Science and Engineering Divisions, KAUST (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology), Jeddah, Saudi Arabia f BIONEM lab University of Magna Graecia, Campus Salvatore Venuta, Viale Europa Germaneto, Catanzaro 88100, Italy g Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Droplets with colloidal biological suspensions evaporating on substrates with defined wetting properties Received 18 September 2014 generate confined environments for initiating aggregation and self-assembly processes. We describe Received in revised form smart micro- and nanostructured surfaces, optimized for probing single droplets and residue