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Adsorption of Peptides onto Carbon Nanotubes Grafted with Poly(ethylene Oxide) Chains: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study
by Zuzana Benková, Peter Čakánek and Maria Natália D. S. Cordeiro
Nanomaterials 2022, 12(21), 3795; https://doi.org/10.3390/nano12213795 - 27 Oct 2022
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Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) display exceptional properties that predispose them to wide use in technological or biomedical applications. To remove the toxicity of CNTs and to protect them against undesired protein adsorption, coverage of the CNT sidewall with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is often considered. [...] Read more.
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) display exceptional properties that predispose them to wide use in technological or biomedical applications. To remove the toxicity of CNTs and to protect them against undesired protein adsorption, coverage of the CNT sidewall with poly(ethylene oxide) (PEO) is often considered. However, controversial results on the antifouling effectiveness of PEO layers have been reported so far. In this work, the interactions of pristine CNT and CNT covered with the PEO chains at different grafting densities with polyglycine, polyserine, and polyvaline are studied using molecular dynamics simulations in vacuum, water, and saline environments. The peptides are adsorbed on CNT in all investigated systems; however, the adsorption strength is reduced in aqueous environments. Save for one case, addition of NaCl at a physiological concentration to water does not appreciably influence the adsorption and structure of the peptides or the grafted PEO layer. It turns out that the flexibility of the peptide backbone allows the peptide to adopt more asymmetric conformations which may be inserted deeper into the grafted PEO layer. Water molecules disrupt the internal hydrogen bonds in the peptides, as well as the hydrogen bonds formed between the peptides and the PEO chains. Full article
(This article belongs to the Section 2D and Carbon Nanomaterials)
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