Nature Communications (Oct 2016)

A centrifugation-based physicochemical characterization method for the interaction between proteins and nanoparticles

  • Ahmet Bekdemir,
  • Francesco Stellacci

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13121
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Thein vivobehaviour of nanoparticles is influenced by the presence of the protein corona. Here, the authors use analytical ultracentrifugation to study the interaction of gold nanoparticles with bovine serum albumin, to gain insight into the corona formation process.