Abstract
Hydrophobins are small fungal proteins, which have remarkable surface-chemical properties. They self-assemble at hydrophobic/hydrophilic interfaces and work as adhesive agents and coatings. Sixteen layer Langmuir-Blodgett films of hydrophobins HFBI and HFBII from the fungus Trichoderma reesei were prepared and studied using grazing-incidence X-ray diffraction and reflectivity techniques. Both kind of films contain hexagonally ordered crystallites on the substrate with unit cell parameters of a = b = 54 Å (HFBI)- and a = b = 55 Å (HFBII). The structure is similar to the structure of monolayer Langmuir-Blodgett films.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 35-40 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Surface Science |
Volume | 584 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jun 2005 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- Biological molecules-proteins
- Diffraction and reflection
- Self-assembly
- X-ray scattering