文摘
Here, we report a novel method of micropatterning oligonucleotides via aromatic groups as linkers on partiallyamino-terminated diamond and the inherence on subsequent hybridization. The covalent immobilization of probeoligonucleotides and characterization of immobilized probe oligonucleotides with carboxylic compounds were investigatedby X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). To confirm the effects of linker flexibility in a low amino group ondiamond for probe oligonucleotides, three kinds of dicarboxylic compound-adipic acid, terephthalic acid, and trimesicacid-were used for immobilization of probe oligonucleotides, like linkers; and these oligonucleotides were hybridizedwith target oligonucleotides labeled with Cy 5 on the micropatterned diamond surface. The hybridization intensitiesdetermined by epifluorescence microscopy were compared and analyzed.