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ArticleInternational journal of molecular sciences2023

A Density Functional Theory (DFT) Perspective on Optical Absorption of Modified Graphene Interacting with the Main Amino Acids of Spider Silk.

Ali Fransuani Jiménez-González, Juan Manuel Ramírez-de-Arellano, Luis Fernando Magaña Solís

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Article in International journal of molecular sciences, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ali Fransuani Jiménez-GonzálezInstituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 01000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-9477-7264
Juan Manuel Ramírez-de-ArellanoTecnologico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Mexico City 14380, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0003-1754-8032
Luis Fernando Magaña SolísInstituto de Física, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City 01000, Mexico.ORCID 0000-0001-8318-819X
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México · MXTecnológico de Monterrey · MX

Funding

Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico de la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México IN113220.
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We investigated the possible adsorption of each of the main building blocks of spider silk: alanine, glycine, leucine, and proline. This knowledge could help develop new biocompatible materials and favors the creation of new biosensors. We used ab initio density functional theory methods to study the variations in the optical absorption, reflectivity, and band structure of a modified graphene surface interacting with these four molecules. Four modification cases were considered: graphene with vacancies at 5.55% and fluorine, nitrogen, or oxygen doping, also at 5.55%. We found that, among the cases considered, graphene with vacancies is the best candidate to develop optical biosensors to detect C=O amide and differentiate glycine and leucine from alanine and proline in the visible spectrum region. Finally, from the projected density of states, the main changes occur at deep energies. Thus, all modified graphene's electronic energy band structure undergoes only tiny changes when interacting with amino acids.

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Amino AcidsDensity Functional TheoryGraphiteSilkSpidersAdsorptionAnimalsBiosensing TechniquesAmino AcidsGraphiteSilkamino acidsDFTgrapheneoptical properties

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PMID37569460
PMCPMC10418814
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