BSA-caged metal clusters to exfoliate MoS2 nanosheets towards their hybridized functionalization

Nanoscale ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (23) ◽  
pp. 10911-10917 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guijian Guan ◽  
Shuhua Liu ◽  
Yuan Cheng ◽  
Yong-Wei Zhang ◽  
Ming-Yong Han

Herein, we develop a facile exfoliation and in situ functionalization strategy to produce hybridized Au/MoS2 nanostructures comprised of size-controlled gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) and ultrathin MoS2 nanosheets using bovine serum albumin (BSA)-caged Au25 clusters as both exfoliating and functionalizing agents.

2016 ◽  
Vol 177 ◽  
pp. 360-370 ◽  
Author(s):  
Roya Binaymotlagh ◽  
Hassan Hadadzadeh ◽  
Hossein Farrokhpour ◽  
Farid Hajareh Haghighi ◽  
Fatemeh Abyar ◽  
...  

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-6
Author(s):  
Vu Thi Huong ◽  
Nguyen Tran Truc Phuong ◽  
Nguyen Tien Tai ◽  
Nguyen Thuy An ◽  
Vu Dinh Lam ◽  
...  

Gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) were almost chosen as the first option for biological and biosensor applications due to their enhancement and their outstanding properties. The combining of optical fiber with localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) for forming a biosensor is widely used in diagnosis. In this work, we report a fiber optical biosensor based on LSPR of Au NPs for the detection of bovine serum albumin (BSA) protein. BSA was functionalized on Au NPs immobilized fiber optic sensing head (length of 1 cm) via methanesulfonic acid (MSA) by carboxylic binding. It is the binding between the analytes with the surface-modified Au NPs that caused refractive index changes in the sensing medium led to changes in optical power at the output of the sensor. The detection limit of the LSPR fiber biosensor was found to be 0.18 ng/mL for the BSA detection with the low coefficient of variation (CV) at under 1%. We have demonstrated the effectiveness of combining multimode fiber with Au NPs to generate the biosensor as the label-free sensor that can be a feasible tool for highly sensitive, rapid response time, stable, and miniaturized point-of-care analytical systems.


2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (25) ◽  
pp. 4430-4438 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jin-Tao Wang ◽  
Yanhang Hong ◽  
Xiaotian Ji ◽  
Mingming Zhang ◽  
Li Liu ◽  
...  

Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate)–bovine serum albumin core–corona particles were prepared using in situ activators generated by electron transfer for atom transfer radical polymerizations of HEMA initiated by a BSA macroinitiator.


2016 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 1709-1715 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chuanxin He ◽  
Minsui Xie ◽  
Fei Hong ◽  
Xiaoyan Chai ◽  
Hongwei Mi ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Zhen Shen ◽  
Wei Chen ◽  
Hang Xu ◽  
Wen Yang ◽  
Qing Kong ◽  
...  

Membrane fouling is still a critical issue for the application of ultrafiltration, which has been widely used in water treatment due to its efficiency and simplicity. In order to improve the antifouling property, a new 2D material MXene was used to fabricate composite ultrafiltration membrane with the approach of in situ embedment during the phase inversion process in this study. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA), energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), water contact angle, bovine serum albumin rejection and porosity measurements were utilized to characterize the prepared membranes. Due to the hydrophilicity of the MXene, the composite membranes obtained higher hydrophilicity, confirmed by the decreased water contact angle. All the modified membranes had a high bovine serum albumin rejection above 90% while that of the pristine polysulfone membrane was 77.48%. The flux recovery ratio and the reversible fouling ratio of the membranes were also improved along with the increasing content of the MXene. Furthermore, the highest flux recovery ratio could also reach 76.1%. These indicated the good antifouling properties of MXene composite membranes. The enhanced water permeability and protein rejection and excellent antifouling properties make MXene a promising material for antifouling membrane modification.


Molecules ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 24 (18) ◽  
pp. 3395 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iulia Matei ◽  
Cristina Maria Buta ◽  
Ioana Maria Turcu ◽  
Daniela Culita ◽  
Cornel Munteanu ◽  
...  

The formation and growth of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were investigated in pH 7 buffer solution of bovine serum albumin (BSA) at room temperature. The processes were monitored by UV-Vis, circular dichroism, Raman and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. TEM microscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements were used to evidence changes in particle size during nanoparticle formation and growth. The formation of AuNPs at pH 7 in the absence of BSA was not observed, which proves that the albumin is involved in the first step of Au(III) reduction. Changes in the EPR spectral features of two spin probes, CAT16 and DIS3, with affinity for BSA and AuNPs, respectively, allowed us to monitor the particle growth and to demonstrate the protective role of BSA for AuNPs. The size of AuNPs formed in BSA solution increases slowly with time, resulting in nanoparticles of different morphologies, as revealed by TEM. Raman spectra of BSA indicate the interaction of albumin with AuNPs through sulfur-containing amino acid residues. This study shows that albumins act as both reducing agents and protective corona of AuNPs.


2019 ◽  
Vol 38 (15) ◽  
pp. 4644-4654 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bahareh Khodashenas ◽  
Mehdi Ardjmand ◽  
Mazyar Sharifzadeh Baei ◽  
Ali Shokuhi Rad ◽  
Azim Akbarzadeh Khiyavi

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