Research Article

The Adhesion Mechanism of Marine Mussel Foot Protein: Adsorption of L-Dopa on - and -Cristobalite Silica Using Density Functional Theory

Table 2

Binding energy () (kcal/mol) of L-dopa adsorbed on silica surfaces.

EnergySilica (001)Silica (111)

9.8 (25.9)11.5 (26.49)
29.531.7

BSSE correction for each binding energy () appears in parentheses.