Study of streptavidin coated onto PAMAM dendrimer modified magnetite nanoparticles

Abstract: Polyamidoamine dendrimer was synthesized on the surface of amino silane modified magnetite nanoparticles. After coating of streptavidin to these dendrimer-modified magnetite nanoparticles, an up to 3.4 times higher amount of streptavidin (SA) was measured compared to magnetite nanoparticles modified with only amino silane. The biotin-binding capacity of SA thus increased after dendrimer modification. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]