The Interplay between Whey Protein Fibrils with Carbon Nanotubes or Carbon Nano-Onions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. WPI Fibril Formation
2.2. CNTs and CNOs Preparation
2.2.1. Preparation of CNTs
2.2.2. Preparation of CNOs
2.3. Preparation of WPI Fibril–CNTs (or CNOs)
2.4. Characterization
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. WPI Fibrils
3.2. CNTs and CNOs
3.3. WPI Fibril–CNT (CNOs) Composites
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Carbon Nanomaterials | Interplay Research on Amyloid Fibrils |
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) | Promoted protein fibrillation [44,45] Strongly inhibited the activity of Aβ peptide fibrillation [46] No reports on interplay between CNTs and WPI fibrils |
Graphene/graphite | Template directed orientation of fibrillar assemblies [47,48] Graphite surfaces promoted the Aβ amyloid fibrillation [49,50] Graphene oxide inhibited the formation of fibrils [51] No reports on interplay of graphene and WPI fibrils |
Fullerene | Destroyed mature amyloid fibrils [43,52] Prevented the formation of fibrils [42,53] No reports on interplay between fullerene and WPI fibrils |
Carbon nano-onions (CNOs) | No reports on interplay between CNOs and amyloid fibrils No reports on interplay between CNOs and WPI fibrils Highly curved surface, lower toxicity, higher biocompatibility [54] |
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Kang, N.; Hua, J.; Gao, L.; Zhang, B.; Pang, J. The Interplay between Whey Protein Fibrils with Carbon Nanotubes or Carbon Nano-Onions. Materials 2021, 14, 608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030608
Kang N, Hua J, Gao L, Zhang B, Pang J. The Interplay between Whey Protein Fibrils with Carbon Nanotubes or Carbon Nano-Onions. Materials. 2021; 14(3):608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030608
Chicago/Turabian StyleKang, Ning, Jin Hua, Lizhen Gao, Bin Zhang, and Jiewen Pang. 2021. "The Interplay between Whey Protein Fibrils with Carbon Nanotubes or Carbon Nano-Onions" Materials 14, no. 3: 608. https://doi.org/10.3390/ma14030608