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A Method to Fabricate Disconnected Silver Nanostructures in 3D
Published on: November 27, 2012
Solution structure of peptide AG4 used to form silver nanoparticles
Eunjung Lee1, Dae-Hee Kim, Yoonkyung Woo
1Division of Bioscience and Biotechnology, RCD, Konkuk University, Hwayang-Dong 1, Kwangjin-Ku, Seoul 143-701, Republic of Korea.
Abstract:
The preparation of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) is of great interest due to their various biological activities, such as observed in their antimicrobial and wound healing actions. Moreover, the formation of AgNPs using silver-binding peptide has certain advantages because they can be made in aqueous solution at ambient temperature. The solution structure of the silver-binding peptide AG4 was determined using nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, and the site of the AG4 interaction with AgNPs was elucidated.
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