Nanomaterials are materials with morphological features on the nanoscale, with special properties stemming from their nanoscale dimensions. Nanomaterials are of great interest lately due to their wide variety of applications. The extremely fascinating and useful properties of nanomaterials, which can be exploited for a variety of structural and non-structural applications, made them versatile materials in various fields of science ranging from material science, energy and medicine. Because of this, knowledge on the interactions of nanomaterials with different biomolecules must be known. The interactions of four nanoceramics (aluminum oxide, silicon oxide, titanium oxide and zinc oxide with bovine serum albumin, human serum albumin and hemoglobin proteins were investigated by various spectroscopic methods (absorbance, fluorescence, circular dichroism and line scattering). Results showed aluminum oxide reduced absorbance and emission of all proteins in comparison to the other nanoceramics. Changes in the conformations of proteins were also observed upon mixing with the nanoceramics.

Studies on the interactions of four nanoceramics (metal oxides) with serum albumin and hemoglobin proteins by spectroscopic techniques

249th National Meeting (2015)

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