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Nanozymes: Gold‐Nanoparticle‐Based Transphosphorylation Catalysts
Author(s) -
Manea Flavio,
Houillon Florence Bodar,
Pasquato Lucia,
Scrimin Paolo
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460649
Subject(s) - colloidal gold , catalysis , nanoparticle , cleavage (geology) , nanotechnology , chemistry , rnase p , materials science , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , rna , biochemistry , fracture (geology) , engineering , composite material , gene
Particularly effective : The self‐assembly of triazacyclonane‐functionalized thiols on the surface of nanosize gold particles provides a facile entry to functional gold nanoparticles that, upon complexation with Zn II , turn into powerful catalysts for the cleavage of phosphate esters (see scheme). Because of their RNase‐like behavior they are dubbed nanozymes.