Study on the molecular interaction of graphene quantum dots with human serum albumin: Combined spectroscopic and electrochemical approaches

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 285, Issue , 2015, Pages 18-26

  Huang, Shan ^a   Qiu, Hangna ^a   Lu, Shuangyan ^a   Zhu, Fawei ^a   Xiao, Qi ^a,b  

^a GUANGXI TEACHERS EDUCATION UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Binding interaction; Graphene quantum dots; Human serum albumin

Indexed keywords

BINDING ENERGY; BODY FLUIDS; CIRCULAR DICHROISM SPECTROSCOPY; DICHROISM; FLUORESCENCE; GRAPHENE; HEALTH RISKS; HYDROGEN BONDS; MEDICAL APPLICATIONS; MOLECULAR INTERACTIONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; TOXICITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

BINDING INTERACTION; BIOMEDICAL APPLICATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMINS; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; INTRINSIC FLUORESCENCE; THERMODYNAMIC PARAMETER; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

GRAPHENE; HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN; QUANTUM DOT; GRAPHITE; SERUM ALBUMIN;

BIOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; CARBON; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HEALTH RISK; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; SERUM; THERMODYNAMICS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CIRCULAR DICHROISM; COMPETITIVE BINDING ASSAY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN BOND; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PROTON TRANSPORT; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; STOICHIOMETRY; THERMODYNAMICS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; PROCEDURES; SPECTROSCOPY;

ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GRAPHITE; HUMANS; QUANTUM DOTS; SERUM ALBUMIN; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

EID: 84912083865     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2014.11.019     Document Type: Article

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