Imaging Science and Photochemistry ›› 2014, Vol. 32 ›› Issue (6): 505-513.DOI: 10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2014.06.505

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The Thermodynamics of Gelatin/Fe2S3 Bionanocomposites Formation and Gelatin Conformational Change

WANG Baiyang, XIAO Xinguang, TANG Shihua, LIU Cen   

  1. Guangxi Key Laboratory of Chemistry and Engineering of Forest Products, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Guangxi University for Nationalities, Nanning 530007, Guangxi, P.R.China
  • Received:2014-03-02 Revised:2014-06-09 Online:2014-11-15 Published:2014-11-15

Abstract:

The gelatin/Fe2S3 bionanocomposite was synthesized via a facile one-pot chemical route at pH=7.40. The SEM image showed that the shapes of the bionanocomposites were rod-like. Based on the relationship between the absorbance data of system and the concentration of Fe2S3, the Benesi Hildebrand equation was used to calculate the formation constants K(293 K: 14.47 102 L·mol-1; 297 K: 9.24 102 L·mol-1; 309 K: 1.70 102 L·mol-1) at three different temperatures. Thermodynamic parameters were also determined (ΔrGm =-17.88/-16.68/-13.09 kJ·mol-1; ΔrHm =-105.57 kJ·mol-1; ΔrSm =-299.28 J·K-1·mol-1). The results indicated the formation process was spontaneous, exothermic and enthalpy-driven. FT-IR data indicated that the amide linkage in gelatin polypeptide chain can be especially active sites for the nucleation and growth of Fe2S3. The effect of Fe3+ and Fe2S3 on the conformations of gelatin macromolecule had also been analyzed by means of UV-vis and FT-IR spectra. The results showed that there was less α-helix content and more β-sheet structures due to integration of them. By integrating the information of the UV-vis and FT-IR analyses of the synthesized samples, a most plausible formation mechanism of the gelatin/Fe2S3 bionanocomposites was given: Fe3+ coordinated with amide linkage in gelatin macromolecule to form gelatin/Fe3+ complex, then S2- combined with Fe3+ cooperated by gelatin to form gelatin/Fe2S3.

Key words: gelatin/Fe2S3 bionanocomposite, gelatin, thermodynamic parameter, conformation change