Fabrication of protein-conjugated silver sulfide nanorods in the bovine serum albumin solution

J Phys Chem B. 2006 Jun 1;110(21):10534-9. doi: 10.1021/jp055603h.

Abstract

Highly ordered silver sulfide nanorods conjugated with the Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) protein have been successfully achieved at ambient temperature. Such a process is very simple and controllable, directly using silver nitrate and thioacetamide (TAA) as the reactants in the aqueous solution of BSA. The products have been characterized by XRD, HRTEM-SAED, SEM-EDS, TG-DTA, FT-IR, and CD spectroscopy. The results of the research show that the as-prepared Ag2S nanorods are monodispersed with sizes about 40 nm in diameter and 220 nm in length, and exhibit a high degree of crystallinity and good photoluminescence. Furthermore, an interesting mechanism is discussed for the formation of the Ag2S nanorods.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Nanotubes*
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine / chemistry*
  • Silver Compounds / chemistry*
  • Solutions
  • Spectrum Analysis / methods

Substances

  • Silver Compounds
  • Solutions
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine
  • silver sulfide