A synthetic analog of a spider silk protein (M4) was studied. Langmuir films were made and an inflexion in the isotherm indicated conformational changes upon compression. Deposition onto solid substrates was most successful using a hydrophobic substrate and the Langmuir-Schaeffer method. AFM was used to image the surface, which was mesh like and did not show any indication of order. / Gold nanoparticles were produced in the presence of the protein and protein solutions were added to read made nanoparticles for the purpose of displacing the weak ligands present. CD measurements were performed on the protein solutions to study its conformation. Nanoparticle size information was obtained from TEM images. DLS was used to determine if the protein was affected by the addition of the gold nanoparticles. Precipitation of the protein was shown not to affect the nanoparticles.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.100794 |
| Date | January 2006 |
| Creators | Davidson, Patricia Marie L. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Master of Science (Department of Chemistry.) |
| Rights | © Patricia Marie L. Davidson, 2006 |
| Relation | alephsysno: 002597161, proquestno: AAIMR32690, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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