Structural effects of crosslinking a biopolymer hydrogel derived from marine mussel adhesive protein
dc.contributor.author | Loizou, Elena | en |
dc.contributor.author | Weisser, J. T. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Dundigalla, A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Porcar, L. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Schmidt, G. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Wilker, J. J. | en |
dc.creator | Loizou, Elena | en |
dc.creator | Weisser, J. T. | en |
dc.creator | Dundigalla, A. | en |
dc.creator | Porcar, L. | en |
dc.creator | Schmidt, G. | en |
dc.creator | Wilker, J. J. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-11-21T06:21:15Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-11-21T06:21:15Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2006 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1616-5187 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://gnosis.library.ucy.ac.cy/handle/7/55807 | |
dc.description.abstract | In an effort to explore new biocompatible substrates for biomedical technologies, we present a structural study on a crosslinked gelatinous protein extracted from marine mussels. Prior studies have shown the importance of iron in protein crosslinking and mussel adhesive formation. Here, the structure and properties of an extracted material were examined both before and after crosslinking with iron. The structures of these protein hydrogels were studied by SEM, SANS, and SAXS. Viscoelasticity was tested by rheological means. The starting gel was found to have a heterogeneous porous structure on a micrometer scale and, surprisingly, a regular structure on the micron to nanometer scale. However disorder, or "no periodic structure", was deduced from scattering on nanometer length scales at very high q. Crosslinking with iron condensed the structure on a micrometer level. On nanometer length scales at high q, small angle neutron scattering showed no significant differences between the samples, possibly due to strong heterogeneity. X-ray scattering also confirmed the absence of any defined periodic structure. Partial crosslinking transformed the viscoelastic starting gel into one with more rigid and elastic properties. © 2006 Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA. | en |
dc.source | Macromolecular Bioscience | en |
dc.source.uri | https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-33749606682&doi=10.1002%2fmabi.200600097&partnerID=40&md5=abd381fa573d8bdcb13993330b4e5c36 | |
dc.subject | article | en |
dc.subject | Animals | en |
dc.subject | Microscopy | en |
dc.subject | Models, Biological | en |
dc.subject | Viscosity | en |
dc.subject | Periodic structure | en |
dc.subject | Crosslinking | en |
dc.subject | Rheology | en |
dc.subject | Scanning electron microscopy | en |
dc.subject | Hydrogels | en |
dc.subject | Viscoelasticity | en |
dc.subject | cross linking | en |
dc.subject | Biotechnology | en |
dc.subject | Proteins | en |
dc.subject | medical technology | en |
dc.subject | protein structure | en |
dc.subject | iron | en |
dc.subject | Microscopy, Electron, Scanning | en |
dc.subject | Scattering | en |
dc.subject | X ray scattering | en |
dc.subject | radiation scattering | en |
dc.subject | Cross-Linking Reagents | en |
dc.subject | hydrogel | en |
dc.subject | biopolymer | en |
dc.subject | Adhesives | en |
dc.subject | Biomedical technologies | en |
dc.subject | Biopolymers | en |
dc.subject | dichromate potassium | en |
dc.subject | flow kinetics | en |
dc.subject | mussel adhesive protein | en |
dc.subject | Mytilidae | en |
dc.subject | Mytilus edulis | en |
dc.subject | Neutron Diffraction | en |
dc.subject | neutron scattering | en |
dc.subject | Protein crosslinking | en |
dc.subject | X-Ray Diffraction | en |
dc.title | Structural effects of crosslinking a biopolymer hydrogel derived from marine mussel adhesive protein | en |
dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/mabi.200600097 | |
dc.description.volume | 6 | |
dc.description.issue | 9 | |
dc.description.startingpage | 711 | |
dc.description.endingpage | 718 | |
dc.author.faculty | 002 Σχολή Θετικών και Εφαρμοσμένων Επιστημών / Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences | |
dc.author.department | Τμήμα Χημείας / Department of Chemistry | |
dc.type.uhtype | Article | en |
dc.description.notes | <p>Cited By :31</p> | en |
dc.source.abbreviation | Macromol.Biosci. | en |
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