Table 1 Evaluation of the EDX investigations for distinct surface regions of deposits from NaCl with and without different proteins obtained from Tris-buffered droplets
From: Effect of interface-active proteins on the salt crystal size in waterborne hybrid materials
Sample | [C] (at%) | [N] (at%) | [O] (at%) | [Na] (at%) | [Cl] (at%) | [S] (at%) | [N]/[O] |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Surface of tabular NaCl crystal, without protein (10 kV) | 21.1 | – | 0.3 | 40.2 | 38.4 | – | – |
Surface of hoppered NaCl crystal, with BSA (10 kV) like in Fig. 8 | 56.2 | 12.2 | 27.0 | – | 4.6 | – | 0.45 |
Beading in halo of hoppered NaCl crystal, with BSA (10 kV) | 57.7 | 18.5 | 23.3 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 0.79 |
Overall dendritic NaCl crystal and halo, with fibrinogen (10 kV) | 61.6 | 6.5 | 7.1 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 0.1 | 0.92 |
Around center of dendritic NaCl crystal, with fibrinogen (10 kV) | 53.7 | 3.6 | 2.9 | 20.2 | 19.4 | 0.1 | 1.2 |
Away from dendritic NaCl crystal, with fibrinogen (10 kV) | 69.4 | 8.4 | 8.8 | 6.9 | 6.0 | 0.2 | 0.95 |
Overall dendritic NaCl crystal and surrounding, with collagen (10 kV) like in Fig. 14B | 59.8 | 12.1 | 22.4 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 0.05 | 0.54 |
Tris, according to stoichiometric composition | 50 | 12.5 | 37.5 | – | – | 0.33 |