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SUBMITTER: Bhunia S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6641434 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Bhunia Soumyadip S Kumar Sumit S Purkayastha Pradipta P
ACS omega 20180205 2
Glutathione (GSH)-coated gold nanoclusters (Au NCs) were synthesized in aqueous acidic medium. On deprotonation of the carboxyl groups of the GSH molecules under alkaline condition, the anionic ends react with the added cationic surfactant molecules to convert the Au NCs hydrophobic, resulting in loss of fluorescence due to apparent insolubility in water. The fluorescence is revived by adding cyclodextrins (CDs) that encapsulate the protruding hydrophobic tails of the surfactant molecules surrou ...[more]