Protein interactions with surfactants are dependent on their physiochemical properties. The effect of cationic gemini surfactant hexanediyl-a,u-bis-(N-(2-hydroxyethyl)-N-methylhexadecylammonium dibromide) on the stability and activity of hen egg white lysozyme was compared with its monomeric counterpart N-(2-hyroxyethyl)-N,N-dimethylhexadecylammonium bromide at pre and post micellar concentrati...

A new turn-on cell permeable chemodosimetric probe has been developed and its application in the selective detection of trivalent cations (Fe(3+)/Cr(3+)/Al(3+)) at a sub-nanomolar level has been demonstrated. The selectivity of over a broad spectrum of mono- and divalent metal ions was established using fluorescence spectroscopy. Moreover, the changes in the absorption spectra of in the presenc...

The complexation of Cm(III) with transferrin is investigated in the pH range from 3.5 to 11.0 in the absence of carbonate and at c(carbonate)tot = 25 mM. In the absence of carbonate two Cm(III) transferrin species I and II are formed depending on pH. An increase of the total carbonate concentration favors the formation of the Cm(III) transferrin species II with Cm(III) bound at the Fe(III) bind...

Laser ignition has been discussed widely as a potentially superior ignition source for technical appliances such as internal combustion engines. Ignition strongly affects overall combustion, and its early stages in particular have strong implications on subsequent pollutant formation, flame quenching, and extinction. Our research here is devoted to the experimental investigation of the early st...

A π-conjugated twelve-porphyrin tube is synthesized in 32% yield by a template-directed coupling reaction that joins together six porphyrin dimers, forming twelve new C-C bonds. The nanotube has two bound templates, enclosing an internal volume of approximately 4.5 nm(3). Its UV/Vis/NIR absorption and fluorescence spectra resemble those of a previously reported six-porphyrin ring, but are red-s...

Fluctuations in fluorescence spectroscopy and microscopy have traditionally been regarded as noise—they lower the resolution and contrast and do not permit high acquisition rates. However, fluctuations can also be used to gain additional information about a system. This fact has been exploited in single-point microscopic techniques, such as fluorescence correlation spectroscopy and analysis of ...

Raman spectroscopy is emerging as a promising and novel biophotonics tool for non-invasive, real-time diagnosis of tissue and cell abnormalities. However, the presence of a strong fluorescence background is a key issue that can detract from the use of Raman spectroscopy in routine clinical care. The review summarizes the state-of-the-art methods to remove the fluorescence background and explore...

In spite of the functional importance of membrane proteins, information on their structure and organization is lacking due to the paucity of crystal structures. In the absence of a detailed crystallographic database, approaches based on fluorescence spectroscopy have proved useful in elucidating the organization, topology and orientation of membrane proteins. This review is focussed on the appl...

Various techniques have been used (UV absorbance and fluorescence spectroscopy, polarised UV fluorescence microscopy, viscosimetry, electrophoresis and isoelectric focusing, superprecipitation, etc.) As suggested by several parameters, denervation interferes with the structure of actin by producing local conformation changes in the region of aromatic residues near the sites responsible for acti...