Characterization of the boundary zone of a cast protein drop : fibroin beta-sheet and nanofibril formation
We have studied a cast fibroin drop with grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering, imaging, and spectroscopy techniques. Optical microscopy shows that the dried drop forms a boundary zone. Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering performed with a synchrotron radiation microbeam in the bo...
| Veröffentlicht in: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 25(2009), 11 vom: 02. Juni, Seite 6307-11 |
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| Format: | Online-Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | English |
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| Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk: | Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids |
| Schlagworte: | Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Fibroins 9007-76-5 |
| Zusammenfassung: | We have studied a cast fibroin drop with grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering, imaging, and spectroscopy techniques. Optical microscopy shows that the dried drop forms a boundary zone. Grazing-incidence small-angle X-ray scattering performed with a synchrotron radiation microbeam in the boundary zone suggests the formation of nanometer-sized domains with one-dimensional paracrystalline order. Atomic force microscopy and scanning electron microscopy support a nanofibrillar morphology. MicroRaman spectroscopy shows the formation of beta-sheet secondary structure in the boundary zone, which is attributed to a shearing effect due to the retraction of the drop boundary upon evaporation |
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| Beschreibung: | Date Completed 25.08.2009 Date Revised 26.05.2009 published: Print Citation Status MEDLINE |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/la804308r |