AFM characterization of protein net formation on a fibrous medium



Document title: AFM characterization of protein net formation on a fibrous medium
Journal: Brazilian journal of chemical engineering
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000308753
ISSN: 0104-6632
Authors: 1

2
Institutions: 1Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria, Instrumentacao Agropecuaria, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
2Universidade de Sao Paulo, Interunidades Ciencia e Engenharia de Materiais, Sao Carlos, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Jun
Volumen: 17
Number: 2
Pages: 245-249
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Experimental, aplicado
English abstract Lysozyme protein net is set on a glass fiber support using the self-assembly technique. Enzymatic film formation is followed by surface imaging via atomic force microscopy (AFM). Change in roughness as a function of deposition time is used as an indirect indicator of film formation. The objective was to form a protein film that would have no effect on the permeability of the medium, aiming at its application as a bioactive membrane or reactor suitable for bacteria and chemical interactions in aqueous media
Disciplines: Ingeniería
Keyword: Ingeniería de materiales,
Películas delgadas,
Redes proteicas,
Lisozimas,
Autoensamblaje,
Microscopía de fuerza atómica
Keyword: Engineering,
Materials engineering,
Thin films,
Protein nets,
Lysozymes,
Self-assembly,
Atomic force microscopy
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