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The adsorption of progesterone onto mineral surfaces imaged with high-resolution atomic force microscopy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 July 2018

B. Goritschnig*
Affiliation:
Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
K. R. Hallam
Affiliation:
Interface Analysis Centre, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
T. McMaster
Affiliation:
Department of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
V. Ragnarsdottir
Affiliation:
Department of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK

Abstract

Atomic force microscopy (AFM) has been used to monitor the appearance and behaviour of the hormone progesterone on mineral surfaces, including mica and highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG). Different solvents have been used resulting in various features on the two substrates. After the application of 254 nm ultra-violet (UV) light, changes in structure of the adsorbed hormone have been observed. To understand the reactions at the progesterone-mica interface in aqueous solution, adsorption has been studied in situ with AFM.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © The Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland 2008

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