Peptide-encapsulated CdS nanoclusters from a combinatorial ligand libraryElectronic supplementary information (ESI): Schematic representation of the spatially addressable combinatorial library, HPLC, mass and fluorescence spectra, MV2+ assay, chromatograms, Mw calibration curve, model of CdS–peptide cluster. See http://www.rsc.org/suppdata/cc/a9/a907178d/

Abstract

A spatially addressable combinatorial library of peptides, based on cysteine containing phytochelatins, has been shown to stabilize a variety of discrete CdS nanoclusters ranging in size from 19 to 26 Å in diameter.