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Controlling metal-protein interactions : the effect of molecular spacer and encapsulin on picocavities
Dam, R.E. (2024) Controlling metal-protein interactions : the effect of molecular spacer and encapsulin on picocavities.
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| Embargo date: | 1 July 2026 |
| Abstract: | The food and pharmaceutical industries demand sensitive detection techniques as impurity could be harmful to human health. Surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy is such a technique detecting molecular vibrations by amplifying the Raman signal utilizing localized surface plasmon resonance. This thesis substrate consisted of 80 nm gold nanoparticles on a 100 nm gold film. The enhanced electric field of this substrate and laser light cause adatoms to extrude from the surface and localize light in volumes of less than 1 nm³, referred to as picocavities. Picocavities introduce time-fluctuations in the Raman signal by changing the number and variety of vibrational modes of molecules. The dependence of picocavities on the alkanethiol self-assembled monolayer length spacing equine spleen ferritin from the gold nanoparticle monolayer and the effect of encapsulation were investigated. Firstly, the Raman signal of encapsulin and the ferritin-like protein overlapped. Secondly, the high enhancement of Raman peaks by picocavity events at self-assembled monolayer lengths of 1.3 and 1.7 nm was remarkable, can revolutionize our understanding of picocavities, and enables bio-sensing possibilities. Finally, the picocavity and flare presence plateaued at 1 nm, resulting in an optimal self-assembled monolayer length of 1 nm. |
| Item Type: | Essay (Bachelor) |
| Faculty: | TNW: Science and Technology |
| Subject: | 33 physics |
| Programme: | Biomedical Technology BSc (56226) |
| Link to this item: | https://purl.utwente.nl/essays/100456 |
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