Abstract
Water soluble gold nanoparticles are coated with peptides bearing a dithiol surface active group for studies of lanthanide binding; characteristic red luminescence is observed upon europium binding to the nanoparticles.
This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011
Publication types
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Europium / chemistry
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Gold / chemistry*
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Ions / chemistry
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Lanthanoid Series Elements / chemistry*
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Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
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Peptides / chemistry*
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Protein Binding
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Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
Substances
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Ions
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Lanthanoid Series Elements
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Peptides
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Europium
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Gold