scholarly journals Nanoparticle and Bioparticle Deposition Kinetics: Quartz Microbalance Measurements

Nanomaterials ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 145
Author(s):  
Anna Bratek-Skicki ◽  
Marta Sadowska ◽  
Julia Maciejewska-Prończuk ◽  
Zbigniew Adamczyk

Controlled deposition of nanoparticles and bioparticles is necessary for their separation and purification by chromatography, filtration, food emulsion and foam stabilization, etc. Compared to numerous experimental techniques used to quantify bioparticle deposition kinetics, the quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) method is advantageous because it enables real time measurements under different transport conditions with high precision. Because of its versatility and the deceptive simplicity of measurements, this technique is used in a plethora of investigations involving nanoparticles, macroions, proteins, viruses, bacteria and cells. However, in contrast to the robustness of the measurements, theoretical interpretations of QCM measurements for a particle-like load is complicated because the primary signals (the oscillation frequency and the band width shifts) depend on the force exerted on the sensor rather than on the particle mass. Therefore, it is postulated that a proper interpretation of the QCM data requires a reliable theoretical framework furnishing reference results for well-defined systems. Providing such results is a primary motivation of this work where the kinetics of particle deposition under diffusion and flow conditions is discussed. Expressions for calculating the deposition rates and the maximum coverage are presented. Theoretical results describing the QCM response to a heterogeneous load are discussed, which enables a quantitative interpretation of experimental data obtained for nanoparticles and bioparticles comprising viruses and protein molecules.

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (20) ◽  
pp. 6299
Author(s):  
Paulina Żeliszewska ◽  
Monika Wasilewska ◽  
Michał Cieśla ◽  
Zbigniew Adamczyk

The deposition kinetics of polymer particles with fibrinogen molecule coronas at bare and poly-L-lysine (PLL) modified mica was studied using the microfluid impinging-jet cell. Basic physicochemical characteristics of fibrinogen and the particles were acquired using dynamic light scattering and the electrophoretic mobility methods, whereas the zeta potential of the substrates was determined using streaming potential measurements. Subsequently, an efficient method for the preparation of the particles with coronas, characterized by a controlled fibrinogen coverage, was developed. This enabled us to carry out measurements, which confirmed that the deposition kinetics of the particles at mica vanished at pH above 5. In contrast, the particle deposition of PLL modified mica was at maximum for pH above 5. It was shown that the deposition kinetics could be adequately analyzed in terms of the mean-field approach, analogously to the ordinary colloid particle behavior. This contrasts the fibrinogen molecule behavior, which efficiently adsorbs at negatively charged substrates for the entire range pHs up to 9.7. These results have practical significance for conducting label-free immunoassays governed by the specific antigen/antibody interactions.


Langmuir ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (26) ◽  
pp. 6471-6480 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cesare M. Cejas ◽  
Fabrice Monti ◽  
Marine Truchet ◽  
Jean-Pierre Burnouf ◽  
Patrick Tabeling

1989 ◽  
Vol 21 (6-7) ◽  
pp. 435-442 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Döll

Silica suspensions (pH = 6.8) and three different cationic polymers were used to study the kinetics of charge neutralization by polyelectrolyte adsorption. The experiments were performed in a continuous flow pipe reactor under steady state turbulent flow conditions. The charge neutralization was monitored by electrophoretic mobility (EPM) measurements of the suspended particles as a function of time after polyelectrolyte audition. The results show the dependency of the destabilization reaction rate on flow and polymer characteristics.


2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 553-570 ◽  
Author(s):  
Li Ma

AbstractThis paper is devoted to the investigation of the kinetics of Hadamard-type fractional differential systems (HTFDSs) in two aspects. On one hand, the nonexistence of non-trivial periodic solutions for general HTFDSs, which are considered in some functional spaces, is proved and the corresponding eigenfunction of Hadamard-type fractional differential operator is also discussed. On the other hand, by the generalized Gronwall-type inequality, we estimate the bound of the Lyapunov exponents for HTFDSs. In addition, numerical simulations are addressed to verify the obtained theoretical results.


2001 ◽  
Vol 242 (1) ◽  
pp. 14-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zbigniew Adamczyk ◽  
Barbara Siwek ◽  
Piotr Warszyński ◽  
Elizeusz Musiał

2007 ◽  
Vol 992 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christos F. Karanikas ◽  
James J. Watkins

AbstractThe kinetics of the deposition of ruthenium thin films from the hydrogen assisted reduction of bis(2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-3,5-heptanedionato)(1,5-cyclooctadiene)ruthenium(II), [Ru(tmhd)2cod], in supercritical carbon dioxide was studied in order to develop a rate expression for the growth rate as well as to determine a mechanism for the process. The deposition temperature was varied from 240°C to 280°C and the apparent activation energy was 45.3 kJ/mol. Deposition rates up to 30 nm/min were attained. The deposition rate dependence on precursor concentrations between 0 and 0.2 wt. % was studied at 260°C with excess hydrogen and revealed first order deposition kinetics with respect to precursor at concentrations lower then 0.06 wt. % and zero order dependence at concentrations above 0.06 wt. %. The effect of reaction pressure on the growth rate was studied at a constant reaction temperature of 260°C and pressures between 159 bar to 200 bar and found to have no measurable effect on the growth rate.


1996 ◽  
Vol 464 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mark S. Feldman ◽  
Anna L. Lin ◽  
Raoul Kopelman

AbstractWe investigate the anomalous kinetics in one dimension of a diffusion limited catalytic trapping reaction, A + T → T, by measuring the oxidation of glucose. The reaction is carried out in a thin capillary tube, and the depletion of oxygen in the vicinity of the reaction front is monitored by the fluorescence of a Ru(II) dye. Theoretical results and simulations have predicted an asymptotic t1/2 dependence for the rate coefficient. We observe a depedence on t0.56, with what appears to be an asymptotic behavior approaching t1/2.


2001 ◽  
Vol 105 (33) ◽  
pp. 7979-7983 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Krtil ◽  
Antonín Trojánek ◽  
Zdeněk Samec

2004 ◽  
Vol 812 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yinfeng Zong ◽  
James J. Watkins

AbstractThe kinetics of copper deposition by the hydrogen-assisted reduction of bis(2,2,7- trimethyloctane-3,5-dionato)copper in supercritical carbon dioxide was studied as a function of temperature and precursor concentration. The growth rate was found to be as high as 31.5 nm/min. Experiments between 220 °C and 270 °C indicated an apparent activation energy of 51.9 kJ/mol. The deposition kinetics were zero order with respect to precursor at 250 °C and 134 bar and precursor concentrations between 0.016 and 0.38 wt.% in CO2. Zero order kinetics over this large concentration interval likely contributes to the exceptional step coverage obtained from Cu depositions from supercritical fluids.


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