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Synthesis of an Intein-mediated Artificial Protein Hydrogel
Published on: January 27, 2014
In situ encapsulating silver nanocrystals into hydrogels. A "green" signaling platform for thiol-containing amino
1Institute of Urban Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xiamen, China. jsshen@iue.ac.cn
Chemical Communications (Cambridge, England)
|December 22, 2010
Abstract:
We found that Ag(I) could serve as a "bridging agent" for triggering sodium carboxymethylcellulose (NaCMC) solution to form a hydrogel which enabled Ag nanocrystals to be in situ produced and encapsulated into the stable gel matrix by means of photoreduction; the conceptual system could act as a novel signaling platform for thiol-containing amino acids or small peptides, operating in a "self-assembly and disassembly" model.
