In Situ Assembly of Au Nanoclusters within Protein Hydrogel Networks.
Liqiang WangXingxing JiangMin ZhangMinghui YangYou-Nian LiuPublished in: Chemistry, an Asian journal (2017)
We report a new approach of in situ assembling gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) into hydrogel networks by exploiting the triple roles of protein as a gelator, a reducing agent as well as a template. The strategy simply involves the mixing of BSA and AuCl4- under alkaline condition. The obtained AuNCs-protein nanocomposite hydrogels with injectable and moldable features can be made into semi-transparent films or N-doped C/Au composites. Our work demonstrates the feasibility of fabricating AuNCs in situ embedded in hybrid hydrogels, which can serve as multifunctional precursors for constructing diverse nanocomposite materials.
Keyphrases
- drug delivery
- reduced graphene oxide
- hyaluronic acid
- sensitive detection
- tissue engineering
- quantum dots
- visible light
- protein protein
- wound healing
- amino acid
- binding protein
- cancer therapy
- drug release
- extracellular matrix
- fluorescent probe
- high resolution
- mass spectrometry
- solid phase extraction
- silver nanoparticles