Optimization and Charaterization of Self-assembled Copper Nanoflowers Using Gelatin Extraction from Skin of Rainbow Trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss)

Saritas O. F., Demirbaş A.

JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS, cilt.0, sa.0, ss.1-11, 2025 (SCI-Expanded)

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
  • Cilt numarası: 0 Sayı: 0
  • Basım Tarihi: 2025
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1007/s10904-025-04031-9
  • Dergi Adı: JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus, Academic Search Premier, Chemical Abstracts Core, Chimica, Compendex, INSPEC
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.1-11
  • Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

In this study, we used gelatin obtained from rainbow trout skin as a stabilizing and reducing agent for copper metal due to the biopeptides in the gelatin, which can provide a potential alternative gelatin source for the synthesis of hybrid flower-shaped copper nanoflowers. The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of different solvents (water, ethanol, and chloroform) and different copper concentrations (0.5, 2, 4, and 5 mM) on the morphology of copper hybrid nanoflowers (Cu-HNF) using gelatin obtained from fish skin. In this study, Cu-HNFs were synthesized for the first time using gelatin obtained from fish skins. Furthermore, in this study, biopeptides in gelatin obtained from rainbow trout skin were employed as a stabilizing and reducing agent for copper ions. In order to characterize the Cu-HNFs obtained, a series of analytical techniques have been applied. As a result, it was observed that the structures exhibited different morphologies at varying copper concentrations utilized in the synthesis of Cu-HNFs and distinct solvents in which gelatin was dissolved. This study represents the inaugural documentation in the literature of the synthesis of Cu-HNFs in an organic-inorganic composite utilizing fish skin, a byproduct of aquaculture processing.