title: A Superhydrophobic Surface Templated by Protein Self-Assembly and Emerging Application toward Protein Crystallization.
abstract: A proteinaceous superhydrophobic material for facile protein crystallization is reported. The lysozyme phase transition is rationally manipulated to form a reliable superhydrophobic coating on virtually arbitrary material surfaces with good thermostability and mechanical robustness. Such a surface exhibits a fascinating capability to drive protein crystallization, and the protein crystal array can be facilitated in a large area at an ultralow protein concentration.
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
authors.forename: Aiting
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
authors.forename: Dehui
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
authors.forename: Yuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ha
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, China.
authors.forename: Zhijun
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Key Laboratory of Applied Surface and Colloid Chemistry, Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi'an, 710119, China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang
keywords: lysozymes; protein crystallization; protein self-assembly; superhydrophobic; surface modification