Adsorption Behavior of Lysozyme on Carbon-Coated Fe3O4 Nanoparticles

Background: Recently, hydrophilic carbon-coated magnetite (Fe3O4/C) has been prepared and applied in adsorption and separation sciences. Although there have been some works on preparation and application of Fe3O4/C in adsorption and separation sciences, little work has been carried out on protein adsorption and desorption on Fe3O4/C. Herein, the present work investigated the equilibrium and kinetics of protein (lysozyme) adsorption on Fe3O4/C NPs. Keywords: Adsorption, Carbon coated Fe3O4 nanoparticles, Isotherm, Kinetics, Lysozyme, Magnetic separation.