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Cover Picture: Size‐Controlled Formation of Noble‐Metal Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution with a Thiol‐Free Tripeptide (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 30/2016)
Author(s) -
Corra Stefano,
Lewandowska Urszula,
Benetti Edmondo M.,
Wennemers Helma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201604536
Subject(s) - tripeptide , aqueous solution , nanoparticle , noble metal , dispersity , chemistry , materials science , metal , polymer chemistry , inorganic chemistry , peptide , nanotechnology , organic chemistry , biochemistry
Monodisperse noble‐metal nanoparticles (in the example, PdNPs) can be formed in aqueous solution in the presence of a thiol‐free tripeptide, as shown by H. Wennemers and co‐workers in their Communication on page 8542 ff. The picture illustrates how, upon complexation to Pd 2+ ions and their reduction to Pd 0 , the peptide controls nanoparticle generation by forming a compact peptidic coat around the metal core.