The chemistry of the sulfur–gold interface: in search of a unified model

E Pensa, E Cortés, G Corthey, P Carro… - Accounts of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Over the last three decades, self-assembled molecular films on solid surfaces have attracted
widespread interest as an intellectual and technological challenge to chemists, physicists …

Stability of quantum dots in live cells

ZJ Zhu, YC Yeh, R Tang, B Yan, J Tamayo… - Nature Chemistry, 2011 - nature.com
Quantum dots are highly fluorescent and photostable, making them excellent tools for
imaging. When using these quantum dots in cells and animals, however, intracellular …

Molecular mechanism of HIV-1 TAT peptide and its conjugated gold nanoparticles translocating across lipid membranes

X Quan, D Sun, J Zhou - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2019 - pubs.rsc.org
The trans-acting activator of transcription (TAT) peptide, which is derived from human
immunodeficiency virus-1 (HIV-1), has been widely used as an effective nanocarrier to …

Atomistic simulations of the surface coverage of large gold nanocrystals

T Djebaili, J Richardi, S Abel… - The Journal of Physical …, 2013 - ACS Publications
Here, the adsorption of alkanethiols (from ethane to dodecanethiol) on icosahedral gold
nanocrystals with diameters up to 10 nm is studied by molecular dynamics simulations in a …

Radiation damage mechanisms of monolayer-protected nanoparticles via TEM analysis

JC Azcárate, MH Fonticelli, E Zelaya - The Journal of Physical …, 2017 - ACS Publications
In this work, it is shown that thiol-protected Au nanoparticles (AuNPs@ SR) of approximately
3.4 nm size suffered unexpectedly high radiation damage under standard transmission …

Preparation of surface acoustic wave odor sensors by laser-induced forward transfer

A Palla-Papavlu, A Patrascioiu, F Di Pietrantonio… - Sensors and Actuators B …, 2014 - Elsevier
In this study it is presented the development of surface acoustic wave (SAW) biosensors for
odor detection in the food industry. The SAW biosensors are coated by laser-induced …

Adsorption of linear aliphatic α, ω-dithiols on plasmonic metal nanoparticles: a structural study based on surface-enhanced Raman spectra

J Kubackova, I Izquierdo-Lorenzo, D Jancura… - Physical Chemistry …, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
The adsorption mechanism of linear aliphatic α, ω-dithiols with chain lengths of 6, 8 and 10
carbon atoms on silver and gold nanoparticles has been studied by surface-enhanced …

Trapping of charged gold adatoms by dimethyl sulfoxide on a gold surface

Z Feng, S Velari, A Cossaro, C Castellarin-Cudia… - ACS …, 2015 - ACS Publications
We report the formation of dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) molecular complexes on Au (111)
enabled by native gold adatoms unusually linking the molecules via a bonding of ionic …

Exploring the Reaction Mechanism of Polyethylene Terephthalate Biodegradation through QM/MM Approach

AM Dos Santos, CHS da Costa, PHA Silva… - The Journal of …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The enzyme PETase from Ideonella sakaiensis (Is PETase) strain 201-F6 can catalyze the
hydrolysis of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), mainly converting it into mono (2 …

Isolation of a 300 kDa, Au∼1400 Gold Compound, the Standard 3.6 nm Capstone to a Series of Plasmonic Nanocrystals Protected by Aliphatic-like Thiolates

C Kumara, MM Hoque, X Zuo, DA Cullen… - The journal of …, 2018 - ACS Publications
Disclosed herein is a method to obtain the∼ 300 kDa gold–hexanethiolate compound,
extracted from the Faradaurate series of smaller (3) and larger (1) homologues, thereby …