From: W. Trevor King <wking@tremily.us>
Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 21:46:22 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: apparatus/sample-preparation.tex: Add more context for 'functionalized'
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apparatus/sample-preparation.tex: Add more context for 'functionalized'

Mom was unclear about what it meant.
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diff --git a/src/apparatus/sample-preparation.tex b/src/apparatus/sample-preparation.tex
index cc2a4e6..922c9ea 100644
--- a/src/apparatus/sample-preparation.tex
+++ b/src/apparatus/sample-preparation.tex
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ As an alternative to binding proteins to gold, others have used
 EGTA\citep{kellermayer03},
 Ni-NTA\citep{schmidt02,itoh04,sakaki05,berkemeier11}, or silanized
 glass\citep{sundberg03,ma10}.  Some groups have also functionalized
-the cantilever tips, with Ni-NTA being the most
+the cantilever tips by coating them with molecules designed to bind to
+the protein.  Of these, a Ni-NTA coating is the most
 popular\citep{schmitt00}.
+%
 \nomenclature{EGTA}{Ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid}