Issue 32, 2012
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RSC Advances

Cyclodextrin cavity size induced formation of superstructures with embedded gold nanoclusters†

Tarasankar Das,a   Prasun Ghosh,a   M. S. Shanavas,b   Arnab Maity,a   Somen Mondala  and  Pradipta Purkayastha*a  

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a Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Mohanpur 741252, India
E-mail: pradiptp@gmail.com
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Tel: 91 33 2587 3121

b School of Chemical Sciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala 686560, India

Abstract

L-cysteine double layer protected gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) have projected thiol groups that induce hydrophobicity around the NCs attracting the relatively hydrophobic cavities of cyclodextrins (CDs) to accumulate around. The different sizes of the CDs result into different accumulating patterns to form spherical to cuboid aggregates with embedded Au NCs.

Graphical abstract: Cyclodextrin cavity size induced formation of superstructures with embedded gold nanoclusters

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA21896H
Article type
Paper
Submitted
22 Aug 2012
Accepted
04 Oct 2012
First published
05 Oct 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 12210-12215

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Cyclodextrin cavity size induced formation of superstructures with embedded gold nanoclusters

T. Das, P. Ghosh, M. S. Shanavas, A. Maity, S. Mondal and P. Purkayastha, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 12210 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21896H

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