Solution

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In surface plasmon resonance, target protein in the mobile phase passes over the immobilized antibody domain. Binding changes the optical response near the sensor surface; response increases during association and falls when unbound target is washed away. The successive injections give larger responses as the supplied target concentration increases.
For a simple 1:1 model,
The reported fit gives . This is a binding estimate for the tested preparation and model. Surface heterogeneity, transport limitations or rebinding could cause deviations; the visible mismatch between parts of the trace and fit discourages treating the binary model as exact.

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