Table 1. Summary of Brush Heights Obtained by Different Methods.
method | PEG brush | after PMAA binding | after raising pH | comments |
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SPR exclusion height | 40 nm | 28 nm | 40 nm | similar to previously reported value (38 nm) with protein probes4 |
QCMD Sauerbrey (third overtone) | 45 nm | 40 nm | 44 nm | assumes rigid film |
QCMD Voight | 64 nm | 43 nm | 62 nm | fully models viscoelastic properties |
SFA | 44 nm | 42 nm | 43 nm | by fitting to de Gennes model |
AFM | 42 nm | not measured | not measured | from previous report4 |