Abstract
Abstract The adsorption behavior of poly(l-lysine) and poly(l-glutamic acid) on negatively and positively charged latices was examined in combination with their stabilizing effects on the latex dispersion. It was realized that the polypeptide adsorption was, to a large extent, determined by the coulombic interaction between the polypeptide and the charged surface, and by the conformational change (helix-coil transition) in the polypeptide in the solution. The flocculation behavior of the dispersion in the presence of polypeptide was also explained reasonably by taking account of the results of electrophoretic measurements of the polypeptide-coated particles.
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