ADA preparation
- All ADA procedures for this lab period was conducted by Puja Mody. The same approach was conducted during 09/19/2012
- The main concept for the procedure: E. coli was transformed to express ADA. After a 4 h. protein expression on an incubator shaker, the solution were centrifuge. The supernatant was collected and stored since this contained the soluble ADA while the pellets (cellular debris) were discarded.
Au/lysozyme solutions
- The calculations were supposed to be posted on the notebook of Michael Nagle. This section will be updated as soon as additional information on Nagle would be added.
- When the Au/lysozyme solutions were made, Nagle placed the rack in the Thermo Scientific incubator at 50°C for 4h.
AAS of Au/BSA solution of 10/17/12
- The Au/BSA solutions were taken out from the oven. Mole ratios 60, 80, and 120 were the only solutions that exhibited a consistent, clear purple color with no fibers. This was indicative that all gold nanoparticles were in solution and none have nucleated to BSA.
- Mole ratios 100 and others produced fibers, having solutions clear and colorless. The liquid was taken from each solution and transferred to falcon tubes; leaving some liquid suspending the fibers in the original tube. As a result, they were irregular amounts on each tube.
- The irregular amounts created difficulty for centrifugation. Hours was spent in balancing the liquid for each pair of tubes.
- Time went by and the fibers formed pellets on the bottom of the tubes. The formation of pellets was acceptable to allow to take AAS of the solutions.
- The program for the Shimadzu AA-6200 Atomic Absorption Flame Emission was set on autozero. The flame was ignited exhibiting a blue-green color.
- The blank used for the experiment was water.
- The standards were run followed by an interval of sample-blank measurements. The calibration curve can be seen on the data section of Puja Mody's notebook.
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