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Biomolecular Adsorprion at ZnS Nanomaterials: A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study of the Adsorption Preferences, Effects of the Surface Curvature and Coating
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK).
Stockholm University, Faculty of Science, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry (MMK). Stockholm University, Science for Life Laboratory (SciLifeLab).ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9390-5719
Number of Authors: 22023 (English)In: Nanomaterials, E-ISSN 2079-4991, Vol. 13, no 15, article id 2239Article in journal (Refereed) Published
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The understanding of interactions between nanomaterials and biological molecules is of primary importance for biomedical applications of nanomaterials, as well as for the evaluation of their possible toxic effects. Here, we carried out extensive molecular dynamics simulations of the adsorption properties of about 30 small molecules representing biomolecular fragments at ZnS surfaces in aqueous media. We computed adsorption free energies and potentials of mean force of amino acid side chain analogs, lipids, and sugar fragments to ZnS (110) crystal surface and to a spherical ZnS nanoparticle. Furthermore, we investigated the effect of poly-methylmethacrylate (PMMA) coating on the adsorption preferences of biomolecules to ZnS. We found that only a few anionic molecules: aspartic and glutamic acids side chains, as well as the anionic form of cysteine show significant binding to pristine ZnS surface, while other molecules show weak or no binding. Spherical ZnS nanoparticles show stronger binding of these molecules due to binding at the edges between different surface facets. Coating of ZnS by PMMA changes binding preferences drastically: the molecules that adsorb to a pristine ZnS surface do not adsorb on PMMA-coated surfaces, while some others, particularly hydrophobic or aromatic amino-acids, show high binding affinity due to binding to the coating. We investigate further the hydration properties of the ZnS surface and relate them to the binding preferences of biomolecules.

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2023. Vol. 13, no 15, article id 2239
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zinc sulfide, surface properties, biomolecular adsorption, molecular dynamics
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URN: urn:nbn:se:su:diva-221114DOI: 10.3390/nano13152239ISI: 001046278000001PubMedID: 37570556Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85167657281OAI: oai:DiVA.org:su-221114DiVA, id: diva2:1798489
Available from: 2023-09-19 Created: 2023-09-19 Last updated: 2023-09-19Bibliographically approved

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