ISIS Neutron and Muon Source Data Journal

Structure of Confined Mucin Films

Abstract: Nowadays, a significant research effort is devoted to understand and mimic biological lubricants which, in contrast to most man-made lubricants, are based on water. It has been extensively shown that nature overcomes the poor lubricity of water with the addition of biological molecules. Among these molecules, mucins are recognized as instrumental for biological lubrication. However, the molecular details of their lubricating properties are yet poorly understood. While structural studies of mucins at surfaces have given some insight into this aspect, the fact is that very little is known on the structure of confined mucin films, i.e. the really relevant system in the study of mucin lubrication. We propose to study this system by means of neutron reflectivity experiments employing a recently developed surface force type apparatus that allows the investigation of confined thin films.

Principal Investigator: Dr Javier Sotres
Experimenter: Professor Rob Richardson
Local Contact: Dr Maxmilian Skoda
Experimenter: Professor Marité Cárdenas Gómez
Experimenter: Dr Rob Barker
Experimenter: Dr Stuart Prescott
Local Contact: Dr Rebecca Welbourn

DOI: 10.5286/ISIS.E.RB1610131

ISIS Experiment Number: RB1610131

Publisher: STFC ISIS Neutron and Muon Source

Data format: RAW/Nexus
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