Sono-assembly of nanostructures via tyrosine–tyrosine coupling reactions at the interface of acoustic cavitation bubbles. Issue 6 (19th September 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Cavalieri, Francesca; Colombo, Enrico; Nicolai, Eleonora; Rosato, Nicola; Ashokkumar, Muthupandian
• Is Part Of: Materials horizons. Volume 3:Issue 6(2016:Nov.)
• Page Start: 563
• Page End: 567
• Publication Date: 2016-09-19
• Subjects: Materials -- Research -- Periodicals; 543.0284
• DOI: 10.1039/c6mh00250a
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2051-6347

Abstract

Abstract : The reactive and oscillating surface of cavitation microbubbles acts as a catalytic binding site for the coupling of amphiphilic biomolecules. Abstract : This work demonstrates that the reactive and oscillating surface of acoustic cavitation microbubbles acts as a catalytic binding site for the coupling of amphiphilic biomolecules bearing tyrosine moieties at the gas–liquid interface. We show a one-step, controlled ultrasonic process to self assemble tyrosine moieties into highly fluorescent uniformly sized sub-micron particles with new optical and functional properties.