| dc.contributor.advisor | Matthew J. Lang. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.author | Kunkel, Jacquelyn Anne | en_US |
| dc.contributor.other | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2010-04-28T15:43:54Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2010-04-28T15:43:54Z | |
| dc.date.copyright | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.date.issued | 2009 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/54507 | |
| dc.description | Thesis (S.B.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering, 2009. | en_US |
| dc.description | Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. | en_US |
| dc.description | Includes bibliographical references (p. 14). | en_US |
| dc.description.abstract | For many biological applications, it is beneficial to know that a peptide will bind to a surface. In this thesis, a tether, bead, peptide complex is constructed using the gold binding peptide (GBP) of sequence (CGGVSGSSPDS). Several assays and assay modifications are developed and tested to attempt to attach the GBP first to a gold slide and then to gold nanoparticles. Four peptides: FO₂, K1, K2, K3, known to bind to sapphire were attached to glass to see if it was possible to modify the sapphire assay to work with glass. | en_US |
| dc.description.statementofresponsibility | by Jacquelyn Anne Kunkel. | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 14 p. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | en_US |
| dc.rights | M.I.T. theses are protected by
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| dc.rights.uri | http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mechanical Engineering. | en_US |
| dc.title | An examination of peptide-tether binding to gold and glass surfaces | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
| dc.description.degree | S.B. | en_US |
| dc.contributor.department | Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering | |
| dc.identifier.oclc | 558832029 | en_US |
