Issue 44, 2009

Size tuning of Au nanoparticles formed by electron beam irradiation of Au25 quantum clusters anchored within and outside of dipeptide nanotubes

Abstract

Glutathione protected Au25 quantum clusters, exhibiting characteristic fluorescence, have been uniformly coated inside and outside of β-Ala-L-Ile dipeptide nanotubes. These coated structures have been imaged using the inherent fluorescence of Au25. Upon exposure to an electron beam, in a transmission electron microscope, the quantum clusters gradually transform to gold nanoparticles, of the metallic size regime. The nanoparticles grow to a size of 4.5 nm and thereafter the particle size is unaffected by electron beam exposure. The nanotubes are intact and this template is shown to control the uniformity of the size of the nanoparticles grown. The quantum clusters can be loaded selectively inside the tubes using capillarity of the nanotubes. The sizes of the nanoparticles grown are tuned using electron beam exposure.

Graphical abstract: Size tuning of Au nanoparticles formed by electron beam irradiation of Au25 quantum clusters anchored within and outside of dipeptide nanotubes

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Jul 2009
Accepted
11 Sep 2009
First published
02 Oct 2009

J. Mater. Chem., 2009,19, 8456-8462

Size tuning of Au nanoparticles formed by electron beam irradiation of Au25 quantum clusters anchored within and outside of dipeptide nanotubes

P. Ramasamy, S. Guha, E. S. Shibu, T. S. Sreeprasad, S. Bag, A. Banerjee and T. Pradeep, J. Mater. Chem., 2009, 19, 8456 DOI: 10.1039/B913405K

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