Issue 24, 2004
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Functional gold nanoparticles for recognition and catalysis

Lucia Pasquato,*a   Paolo Pengob  and  Paolo Scrimin*b  

* Corresponding authors

a Università di Trieste, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, via Licio Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
E-mail: pasquato@dsch.univ.trieste.it
Fax: +39 040 5583903
Tel: +39 040 5582406

b Università di Padova, Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche and ITM-CNR Sezione di Padova, via Marzolo 1, I-35131 Padova, Italy
E-mail: paolo.scrimin@unipd.it
Fax: +39 049 8275239
Tel: +39 049 8275276

Abstract

Gold nanoparticles passivated by a monolayer of functional thiolates represent a new promising tool in supramolecular chemistry since they allow the preparation of complex, self-organized, polyvalent structures with a very modest synthetic effort. These systems have sizes comparable to those of many biological molecules including proteins and nucleic acids, and to those of many cellular sub-structures. In this way they are good candidates to model recognition processes and to develop new biomimetic catalysts. Some interesting examples towards these goals are reviewed briefly.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B410476E
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
09 Jul 2004
Accepted
20 Aug 2004
First published
27 Sep 2004

J. Mater. Chem., 2004,14, 3481-3487

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