Cover Picture: Size‐Controlled Formation of Noble‐Metal Nanoparticles in Aqueous Solution with a Thiol‐Free Tripeptide (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 30/2016). Issue 30 (20th May 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Corra, Stefano; Lewandowska, Urszula; Benetti, Edmondo M.; Wennemers, Helma
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 55:Issue 30(2016)
• Page Start: 8459
• Page End: 8459
• Publication Date: 2016-05-20
• Subjects: combinatorial chemistry -- nanoparticles -- noble metals -- peptides -- self-assembled monolayer; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201604536
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Monodisperse noble‐metal nanoparticles (in the example, PdNPs) can be formed in aqueous solution in the presence of a thiol‐free tripeptide, as shown by H. Wennemers and co‐workers in their Communication onpage 8542 ff. The picture illustrates how, upon complexation to Pd 2+ ions and their reduction to Pd 0, the peptide controls nanoparticle generation by forming a compact peptidic coat around the metal core.