Objective
Study the effects of [Au]/[BSA] on fiber formation.
Description
- Solutions of Au and BSA were set-up in microcentrifuge tubes in the following ways:
Tube Number |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6
|
Amount of 2.9mM HAuCl4
|
100 μL |
120 μL |
150 μL |
180 μL |
200 μL |
250 μL
|
Amount of 17.7μM BSA
|
100 μL |
100 μL |
100 μL |
100 μL |
100 μL |
100 μL
|
Amount of Distilled Water
|
800 μL |
780 μL |
750 μL |
720 μL |
700 μL |
650 μL
|
Ratio [Au]/[BSA]
|
163.842 |
196.91 |
245.763 |
294.915 |
327.684 |
409.605
|
2. All of the mixtures were placed on the heat block at 80°C for three hours.
136.535 ||109.228 ||91.0232 ||81.921 ||65.5367
Data
- A picture of the microcentrifuge tubes:
All of the tubes had some sort of fibers, but tubes 1 and 2 had the purple fibers. The other tubes have yellow/golden fibers. All the fibers formed when the microcentrifuge tubes were removed from the heat block.
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