Stabilization of α-chymotrypsin at air-water interface through surface binding to gold nanoparticle scaffolds.

Jordan, Brian J; Hong, Rui; Gider, Basar; Hill, Jason; Emrick, Todd; Rotello, Vincent M · Soft Matter · 2006

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

Gold nanoparticles stabilize chymotrypsin (ChT) against denaturation at the air-water interface through catenation and preferential localization of the nanoparticles at the air-water interface with concomitant decrease in interfacial energy.