Gold nanoparticles become stable to cyanide etch when coated with hybrid lipid bilayers

Sarita Sitaula; Marilyn R Mackiewicz; Scott M Reed

doi:10.1039/b801525b

Gold nanoparticles become stable to cyanide etch when coated with hybrid lipid bilayers

Chem Commun (Camb). 2008 Jul 14:(26):3013-5. doi: 10.1039/b801525b. Epub 2008 May 15.

Authors

Sarita Sitaula¹, Marilyn R Mackiewicz, Scott M Reed

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, USA.

PMID: 18688332
DOI: 10.1039/b801525b

Abstract

Hybrid bilayers composed of the lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC) and a submonolayer of 1-decanethiol bound to gold nanoparticles are very stable to potassium cyanide.

Publication types

Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Alkanes / chemistry
Cyanides / chemistry*
Drug Stability
Lipid Bilayers / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Phosphatidylcholines / chemistry
Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry

Substances

Alkanes
Cyanides
Lipid Bilayers
Phosphatidylcholines
Sulfhydryl Compounds