%0 Journal Article %A Khawtar Hasan Ahmed and Sasha Omanovic %D 2011 %J International Journal of Materials and Metallurgical Engineering %B World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology %I Open Science Index 53, 2011 %T The Influence of Surface Potential on the Kinetics of Bovine Serum Albumin Adsorption on a Biomedical Grade 316LVM Stainless Steel Surface %U https://publications.waset.org/pdf/5125 %V 53 %X Polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS) in combination with electrochemistry, was employed to study the influence of surface charge (potential) on the kinetics of bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption on a biomedical-grade 316LVM stainless steel surface is discussed. The BSA adsorption kinetics was found to greatly depend on the surface potential. With an increase in surface potential towards more negative values, both the BSA initial adsorption rate and the equilibrium (saturated) surface concentration also increased. Both effects were explained on the basis of replacement of well-ordered water molecules at the 316LVM / solution interface, i.e. by the increase in entropy of the system. %P 429 - 435