Superparamagnetic poly（styrene）-co-poly（2-acrylanmido-2-methyl propanesulfonic acid） （PSt-co-PAMPS） and poly（methylmethacrylate）-co-poly（glycidyl methacrylate） （PMMA-co-PGMA） microspheres with mean size of 170 nm were prepared by emulsion polymerization in the presence of oleic acid-coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The structures, morphologies, diameter and diameter distribution of the as-prepared microspheres were identified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy （FT-IR） and transmission electron microscopy （TEM）. The saturation magnetizations of PSt-co-PAMPS and PMMA-co-PGMA microspheres are 21.94 and 25.07 emu/g, respectively. The as-synthesized magnetic microspheres were used for immobilization of Bovine serum albumin （BSA） by physical interaction and covalent interaction respectively. The equilibrium amount of BSA immobilized onto PMMA-co-PGMA microspheres was 86.48 mg/g microspheres in 90 min, while on PSt-co-PAMPS microspheres was 59.62 mg/g microspheres in 120 min.
Optical isomers of N-lauroyl-L-（Or-D-） alanine sodium salt {C12-L-（Or-D-）AIaS} surfactants were used for the preparation of mesoporous silica nanoparticles with a twisted hexagonal rod-like morphology. Thermogravimetric analysis （TGA） was used to determine the temperature for template removal. Circular dichroism （CD） spectra of the surfactant solution with various compositions illustrated the formation and supramolecular assembly of protein-like molecular architecture leading to formation of twisted nanopar- ticles. Scanning electron microscopy （SEM）, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy （HRTEM） and X-ray powder diffraction （XRD） patterns of these as-synthesized mesoporous silica confirmed that the twisted morphology of these nanoparticles was closely related to the supramolecular-assembled complex of amino acid surfactants.
Kui NiuZhongbin NiChengwu FuTatsuo KanekoMingqing Chen
