Analysis of self-assembly of melanin by Static light scattering (SLS) (CAT#: STEM-MB-0594-WXH)

Introduction

Melanin is a substance in your body that produces hair, eye and skin pigmentation. The more melanin you produce, the darker your eyes, hair and skin will be. The amount of melanin in body depends on a few different factors, including genetics and how much sun exposure your ancestral population had.

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Principle

Static light scattering is a technique in physical chemistry that measures the intensity of the scattered light to obtain the average molecular weight Mw of a macromolecule like a polymer or a protein in solution. Measurement of the scattering intensity at many angles allows calculation of the root mean square radius, also called the radius of gyration Rg. By measuring the scattering intensity for many samples of various concentrations, the second virial coefficient, A2, can be calculated.

Applications

The main applications of static light scattering is molecular mass determination of macromolecules, such as proteins and polymers, as it is possible to measure the molecular mass of proteins without any assumption about their shape.

Procedure

1. Sample preparation
2. Measurement by SLS instrument
3. Data analysis

Materials

• Right-Angle Light Scattering (RALS) Detector
• Low-Angle Light Scattering (LALS) Detector
• Hybrid RALS/LALS Detector
• Multi-Angle Light Scattering (MALS) Detector

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