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Gold Glyconanoparticles as Building Blocks for Nanomaterials Design
Author(s) -
Rojas T.C.,
de la Fuente J.M.,
Barrientos A.G.,
Penadés S.,
Ponsonnet L.,
Fernández A.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4095(20020418)14:8<585::aid-adma585>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - nanomaterials , materials science , nanotechnology , biomolecule , colloidal gold , nanostructure , nanoscopic scale , nanoparticle , macromolecule , particle (ecology) , chemistry , biochemistry , oceanography , geology
Glycofunctionalized gold nanoparticles can easily be manipulated as water‐soluble macromolecules, highly stable in colloidal solutions. Different nanostructures (see Figure for an example) have been obtained by varying the particle concentration, the Ca 2+ level in the solution, and type of oligosaccharide. A potential application of the particle arrays, whose properties resemble those of large biomolecules, is as nanoscale size‐selection devices.