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Ligand-Mediated Nucleation and Growth of Palladium Metal Nanoparticles
Published on: June 25, 2018
Size matters: influence of the size of nanoparticles on their interactions with ligands immobilized on the solid
Elena V Piletska1, Sergey A Piletsky
1Cranfield Biotechnology Centre, Cranfield Health, Cranfield University, Cranfield, Bedfordshire MK43 0AL, United Kingdom. e.piletska@cranfield.ac.uk
Abstract:
The correlation between the size of biotinylated nanoparticles and their affinity in relation to interactions with the solid surface was investigated. The silica particles with a diameter of 50-200 nm containing amino groups on the surface were labeled with different quantities of biotin. The affinity properties of biotinylated nanoparticles were studied using a Biacore 3000 instrument equipped with a streptavidin-coated sensor chip (SA chip). It was shown that the increase in the particle size from 50 to 200 nm reduced the affinity (K(D)) of biotin-streptavidin interactions from 1.2 x 10(-12) to 1.2 x 10(-10) M. It was found that the particles with higher concentrations of immobilized biotin on particle surfaces demonstrated stronger binding with streptavidin.
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