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Mixed‐Ligand Nanoparticles as Supramolecular Receptors
Author(s) -
Liu Xiang,
Hu Ying,
Stellacci Francesco
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201100386
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , nanoparticle , ligand (biochemistry) , receptor , molecule , nanotechnology , chemistry , computer science , materials science , combinatorial chemistry , biochemistry , organic chemistry
The design of nanoparticle‐based receptors has generally focused on the design of ligand molecules for the particles' ligand shell. This study focuses on the development of supramolecular nanoparticle receptors through the mixing of two types of ligand molecules. The nanoparticle receptor is achieved via the self‐assembly of two ligands that together create binding sites, whereas each of the two homoligand particles has no appreciable binding capability.