Nonspecific binding—fundamental concepts and consequences for biosensing applications

A Frutiger, A Tanno, S Hwu, RF Tiefenauer… - Chemical …, 2021 - ACS Publications
Nature achieves differentiation of specific and nonspecific binding in molecular interactions
through precise control of biomolecules in space and time. Artificial systems such as …

Understanding protein adsorption phenomena at solid surfaces

M Rabe, D Verdes, S Seeger - Advances in colloid and interface science, 2011 - Elsevier
Protein adsorption at solid surfaces plays a key role in many natural processes and has
therefore promoted a widespread interest in many research areas. Despite considerable …

Protein adsorption onto silica nanoparticles: conformational changes depend on the particles' curvature and the protein stability

M Lundqvist, I Sethson, BH Jonsson - Langmuir, 2004 - ACS Publications
We have analyzed the adsorption of protein to the surfaces of silica nanoparticles with
diameters of 6, 9, and 15 nm. The effects upon adsorption on variants of human carbonic …

Human versus bovine serum albumin: a subtle difference in hydrophobicity leads to large differences in bulk and interface behavior

R Maier, MR Fries, C Buchholz, F Zhang… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
The protein human serum albumin (HSA) is able to readily crystallize in the presence of
trivalent cations, whereas this is not the case for the homologous protein in cattle, bovine …

Optical grating coupler biosensors

J Vörös, JJ Ramsden, G Csucs, I Szendrő, SM De Paul… - Biomaterials, 2002 - Elsevier
By incorporating a grating in a planar optical waveguide one creates a device with which the
spectrum of guided lightmodes can be measured. When the surface of the waveguide is …

Efficiency of blocking of non-specific interaction of different proteins by BSA adsorbed on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces

YL Jeyachandran, JA Mielczarski, E Mielczarski… - Journal of colloid and …, 2010 - Elsevier
The efficiency of a pre-absorbed bovine serum albumin (BSA) layer in blocking the non-
specific adsorption of different proteins on hydrophobic and hydrophilic surfaces was …

Bovine serum albumin adsorption on SiO2 and TiO2 nanoparticle surfaces at circumneutral and acidic pH: A tale of two nano-bio surface interactions

BE Givens, Z Xu, J Fiegel, VH Grassian - Journal of colloid and interface …, 2017 - Elsevier
The interaction of a model protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA) with two different metal
oxide nanoparticles, TiO 2 (∼ 22 nm) and SiO 2 (∼ 14 nm), was studied at both …

Aqueous suspension of fumed oxides: particle size distribution and zeta potential

VM Gun'Ko, VI Zarko, R Leboda, E Chibowski - Advances in colloid and …, 2001 - Elsevier
Comparative analysis of the results of the investigations, which were performed by means of
photon correlation spectroscopy (PCS) and electrophoresis, of aqueous suspensions of …

Temperature-induced denaturation of BSA protein molecules for improved surface passivation coatings

JH Park, JA Jackman, AR Ferhan, GJ Ma… - … applied materials & …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) is the most widely used protein for surface passivation
applications, although it has relatively weak, nonsticky interactions with hydrophilic surfaces …

Bovine serum albumin adsorption at a silica surface explored by simulation and experiment

K Kubiak-Ossowska, K Tokarczyk… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
Molecular details of BSA adsorption on a silica surface are revealed by fully atomistic
molecular dynamics (MD) simulations (with a 0.5 μs trajectory), supported by dynamic light …