Yan Xu, Su-Li Dong, Xiao-Sheng Yan, Qian Wang, Zhao Li and Yun-Bao Jiang
Chem. Commun., 2021,57, 4311-4314
DOI:
10.1039/D1CC00880C,
Communication
We propose to create nanospheres in aqueous solutions from coordination polymers of Ag+ with a combination of a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic thiol, of diameter ca. 2.7 nm in the case of using cysteine and n-butanethiol. A spectral probe for the formation of the nanospheres is a reversal of the CD signal at 253 nm from negative in the case of cysteine alone to positive when cysteine and n-BuSH are both employed, together with an amplification.