Application of Nanometer Materials in Protein Separation

Abstract

Abstract. The technology of quantitative separation of proteins is of great importance to drugtesting and pharm aceutical engineering, and it has become one of the hotspots in biochem icalengineering and protein analysis. With many special properties different from those of bulk materials, nanometer materials have been widely applied in chemical industry, biology, medicine, space industry and so on, and they are considered to be the most promising materials in 21st century. This review mainly focuses on the application of nanometer materials in protein separation in the past decades, covering nonmetal oxide, nonmetal, metal oxide, metal, nanometerpolymer, and nanoscale composites. The advantages and disadvantages of these nanometer materials and their application status are summarized. Besides, the application prospect of nanometer materials in protein obilization and separation is proposed.