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Synthesis of Near-Infrared Emitting Gold Nanoclusters for Biological Applications
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Protein-directed synthesis of highly fluorescent gold nanoclusters
Jianping Xie1, Yuangang Zheng, Jackie Y Ying
1Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|January 7, 2009
Abstract:
A simple, one-pot, "green" synthetic route, based on the "biomineralization" capability of a common commercially available protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), has been developed for the preparation of highly stable Au nanocrystals (NCs) with red emission and high quantum yield.
