Atomic Force Microscopy of Interfacial Protein Films

摘要: Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to image interfacial films of bovine serum albumen and β-casein produced at hexadecane/water air/water interfaces, respectively. Planar oil/water interfaces have model protein such as may form in emulsions foams. The were picked up onto mica sheets imaged under butanol. Both systems studied yielded homogeneous flat networks which could be molecular resolution demonstrate the potential for using AFM probe networks.