Protein-Directed Synthesis of Highly Fluorescent Gold Nanoclusters

Jianping Xie, Yuangang Zheng, Jackie Y. Ying

Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2009 · 2.6K citations · 16 references

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Abstract

A simple, one-pot, "green" synthetic route, based on the "biomineralization" capability of a common commercially available protein, bovine serum albumin (BSA), has been developed for the preparation of highly stable Au nanocrystals (NCs) with red emission and high quantum yield.

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