Surface modification: surface coating rescues proteins from magnetite nanoparticle induced damage (part. Part. Syst. Charact. 8/2013)

Abstract

The image shows the major findings of Goutam De, Krishnananda Chattopadhyay, and coworkers, who studied the interaction between iron oxide nanoparticles and cytochrome c, as reported on page 683. The triangle at the top left shows the binding of the protein onto the surface of the bare particles forming amyloid fibrils (transmission electron microscopy image is shown in the background). Appropriate surface modification inhibits protein binding and amyloid formation (shown in the triangle at the bottom right).