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JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
Volume 1079, Issue -, Pages 35-40Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2014.09.041
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Wool fiber; Oxygen plasma; Raman; Conformation; Transformation
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The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of oxygen plasma procedure at different time treatments on wool fiber using the micro-Raman spectroscopy as a non-destructive vibrational spectroscopic technique and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The amide I and III regions, C-C skeletal vibration region, and S-S and C-S bonds vibration regions were analyzed with the Raman microscope. The Fourier transform infrared spectroscope analysis was employed to find out the effect of oxygen plasma treatment on the cysteic acid residues content of the wool fiber sample. The results indicated that the a-helix structure was the highest component content of wool fiber. Moreover, the protein secondary structure of wool fibers was transformed from alpha-helical arrangement to the beta-pleated sheet configuration during the oxygen plasma treatment. Also, the disulphide bonds content in the treated wool fiber reduced because they were fractured and oxidized during oxygen plasma treatment. The oxygen plasma treated samples presented higher cysteic acid compared to the untreated wool samples due to produce more cleavage of disulfide linkages. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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