title: Electrophoretic Properties of Latex Particles with Immobilized Bovine Serum Albumin.
abstract: In this study, bovine serum albumin (BSA) was covalently immobilized onto the surfaces of methyl methacrylate/methyl acrylic acid core-shell latex particles by the carbodiimide method, and the variation of the zeta potential of the BSA-latex complex as a function of the amount of BSA immobilized was measured. The experimental data revealed that the absolute zeta potential of BSA-latex complex exhibited a local minimum at 0.05 mg/m(2) of immobilized BSA. A two-layer model for the description of the electrophoretic behavior of the BSA-latex complex is proposed which is capable of explaining the behavior of the variation of the zeta potential as a function of the amount of BSA immobilized. Copyright 2001 Academic Press.
authors: Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Medicine and College of Engineering, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan, 10016, Republic of China
authors: Tai-Horng
authors: TH
authors: Young
authors: Chen-Yuan
authors: CY
authors: Kao
authors: Meng-Ying
authors: MY
authors: Hsieh
authors: Bing-Jie
authors: BJ
authors: Wang
authors: Jyh-Ping
authors: JP
authors: Hsu