Figure 4.
(a) Scheme of the LbL film-deposition. Positively charged PEI deposited on the glass slide treated with Piranha solution ahead of schedule. Steps 1 and 3 represent the adsorption of negatively charged colloidal gold-collagen nanoconjugates and positively charged TPPAc-PLL, steps 2 and 4 are washing steps. (b) UV-vis absorption spectra of the gold-collagen nanoconjugate/TPPAc-PLL films assembled on a glass slide with increasing number of deposition cycles. SEM (c) and AFM (d) images showing the surface morphology of a (gold-collagen nanoconjugates/TPPAc-PLL)5 film. (e) AFM images with section analysis of the (gold-collagen nanoconjugates/PLL-TPPAc)5 film, indicating a film thickness of 9.8 nm.