A better understanding of protein behavior at solid-liquid interfaces is important to improve our knowledge of various natural and synthetic processes. A few examples where protein adsorption at a solid-liquid interface may play an important role are found in: blood coagulation, artificial kidney failure, biomedical microdevices, self-assembling microelectromechanical systems (MEMS), protein ba...

Silicon surfaces were modified by covalent attachment of a self-assembled (SA) polyethylene glycol (PEG) film. Adsorption of albumin, fibrinogen, and IgG to PEG immobilized silicon surfaces was studied by ellipsometry to evaluate the non-fouling and non-immunogenic properties of the surfaces. The adhesion and proliferation of human fibroblast and Hela cells onto the modified surfaces were inves...

in this paper, we report on the synthesis of cu nanoparticles through a single-precursor route by controlling the growth temperature. selective adsorption of oleylamine on various crystal planes may play an important role in the growth process. the understanding of this self-assembling process will help us develop reliable and reproducible methods to synthesis other three dimensional nanostruct...

The controlled positioning of DNA nanostructures on technologically relevant surfaces represents a major goal along the route toward the full-scale integration of DNA-based materials into nanoelectronic and sensor devices. Previous attempts to arrange DNA nanostructures into defined arrays mostly relied on top-down lithographic patterning techniques combined with chemical surface functionalizat...

Substrate supported conductive thin films are prepared by the self-assembly of graphene oxide (GO) on a cationic polyacrylamide (CPAM) layer followed by a subsequent chemical reduction. During self-assembly, the dispersed GO nanosheets with a negative zeta potential from solution are spontaneously assembled onto the positively charged CPAM adsorption layer. In addition, CPAM adsorption on the s...

Self-assembling organic molecule-metal interfaces exhibiting free-electron like (FEL) states offers an attractive bottom-up approach to fabricating materials for molecular electronics. Accomplishing this, however, requires detailed understanding of the fundamental driving mechanisms behind the self-assembly process. For instance, it is still unresolved as to why the adsorption of glycine ([NH2(...

PURPOSE To examine the processes involved in formation of protein deposits on hydrogel contact lenses. METHODS The adsorption and/or penetration of lysozyme on or into three types of contact lenses, etafilcon A, vifilcon A, and tefilcon, were investigated in vitro using a radiolabel-tracer technique, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and laser scanning confocal microscopy. RESULTS Binding o...

The properties of a AB diblock copolymer chain are calculated by Monte Carlo methods. Monomer A contacting to the surface has an adsorption energy E=-1 and monomer B E= 0. The polymer chain is simulated by self-avoiding walk in simple cubic lattice.The adsorption properties and the conformation properties of the polymer chain are computed by using message passing interface (MPI). The speedup is...