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Protein bindings onto a gold surface were detected simultaneously by QCM (delta F(water)) and anomalous reflection (deltaR) of gold on the same surface in aqueous solutions; the obtained delta F(water)/deltaR values correlated with surface areas and viscosity of proteins.
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Manaka et al. (2007) studied this question.
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