Effect of peptide ligand dipole moments on the redox potentials of Au38 and Au140 nanoparticles

Phenylethanethiolate monolayer-protected Au38 and Au140 nanoclusters were modified by ligand place exchange with a series of thiolated peptides. The peptides were homooligomers based on the alpha-aminoisobutyiric acid unit. The effects of changing the peptide concentration and the peptide length in...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 22(2006), 25 vom: 05. Dez., Seite 10584-9
1. Verfasser: Holm, Allan H (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Ceccato, Marcel, Donkers, Robert L, Fabris, Laura, Pace, Giuseppe, Maran, Flavio
Format: Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2006
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Aminoisobutyric Acids Ligands Peptides Sulfhydryl Compounds 2-aminoisobutyric acid 1E7ZW41IQU Gold 7440-57-5
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Zusammenfassung:Phenylethanethiolate monolayer-protected Au38 and Au140 nanoclusters were modified by ligand place exchange with a series of thiolated peptides. The peptides were homooligomers based on the alpha-aminoisobutyiric acid unit. The effects of changing the peptide concentration and the peptide length in the capping monolayer were studied by differential pulse voltammetry. The results showed that the redox behavior of the nanoparticles can be affected very significantly by such modifications. For example, the first oxidation peak of Au38, a cluster displaying molecule-like behavior, could be shifted positively by as much as 0.7-0.8 V. Detectable redox shifts were noted even when one single oriented peptide was in the Au140 monolayer. These effects were attributed to the molecular dipole moments of the peptide ligands
Beschreibung:Date Completed 19.01.2007
Date Revised 15.11.2012
published: Print
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827