THE EMULSIFICATION OF HUMAN SERUM ALBUMIN AND HYALURONIC ACID SOLUTIONS IN POLYDIMETHYLSILOXANE PDMS-1000
To create a biologically inert material suitable for use in a wide range of temperatures and in corrosive environments, the methods of optical microscopy and NMR-cryometry were used for investigation of emulsification of solutions of human serum albumin and hyaluronic acid in polymethylsiloxane PDMS-1000. Unlike hyaluronic acid, human serum albumin forms persistent emulsions in the silicon matrix, whose size of the droplets varies from 100 to 10 000 nm. The presence of dispersed phase (human serum albumin or hyaluronic acid) increases significantly melting temperature of polydimethylsiloxane.