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Tuning the aqueous ...
Tuning the aqueous self-assembly process of insulin by a hydrophobic additive
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- Bäcklund, Fredrik G. (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Biomolekylär och Organisk Elektronik,Tekniska fakulteten
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- Solin, Niclas (författare)
- Linköpings universitet,Biomolekylär och Organisk Elektronik,Tekniska fakulteten
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- 2015
- 2015
- Engelska.
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Ingår i: RSC ADVANCES. - : Royal Society of Chemistry. - 2046-2069. ; 5:112, s. 92254-92262
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Abstract
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- Biomolecular self-assembly is an efficient way of preparing soft-matter based materials. Herein we report a novel method, based on the use of insoluble additives in aqueous media, for influencing the self-assembly process. Due to their low solubility, the use of hydrophobic additives in aqueous media is problematic; however, by mixing the additive with the biomolecule in the solid state, prior to solvation, this problem can be circumvented. In the investigated self-assembly system, where bovine insulin self-assembles into spherical structures, the inclusion of the hydrophobic material α-sexithiophene (6T) results in significant changes in the self-assembly process. Under our reaction conditions, in the case of materials prepared from insulin-only the growth of spherulites typically stops at a diameter of 150μm. However, by adding 2 weight % of hydrophobic material, spherulite growth continues up to diameters in the mm-range. The spherulites incorporate 6T and are thus fluorescent. The method reported herein should be of interest to all scientists working in the field of self-assembly as the flexible materials preparation, based simply on co-grinding of commercially available materials, adds another option to influence the structure and properties of products formed by self-assembly reactions.
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- NATURVETENSKAP -- Kemi -- Organisk kemi (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Chemical Sciences -- Organic Chemistry (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Medicinsk bioteknologi -- Biomaterialvetenskap (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Medical Biotechnology -- Biomaterials Science (hsv//eng)
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