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 | Nanotech 2004 Vol. 1
Technical Proceedings of the 2004 NSTI Nanotechnology Conference and Trade Show, Volume 1
Chapter 5: Bio Nano Computational Methods and Applications |
| | Self Assembly of Globular Protein Nanoparticles | | Authors: | A. Shiryayev and J.D. Gunton | | Affilation: | Lehigh University, US | | Pages: | 168 - 171 | | Keywords: | nanoparticle, protein, crystallization, nucleation | | Abstract: | A continuum model of the self-assembly of globular protein nanoparticles proposed by Talanquer and Oxtoby (J. Chem. Phys. 109, 223 (1998)) is investigated numerically, with particular emphasis on the region near the metastable fluid-fluid coexistence curve. The free energy barrier that separates a protein rich metastable fluid phase from its stable crystalline phase is studied for a variety of nucleation pathways in the metastable region. As shown earlier, the nucleation barrier is smallest in the vicinity of the fluid-fluid critical point. An approximate analytic solution is also presented for the shape and properties of the nucleating crystal droplet. | | ISBN: | 0-9728422-7-6 |
| Pages: | 521 |
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