scholarly journals Silk fibroin-derived peptide directed silver nanoclusters for cell imaging

RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (49) ◽  
pp. 27805-27810 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Gao ◽  
Hao Wang ◽  
Guifu Zou ◽  
Ke-Qin Zhang

Fluorescent silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) that are capable of emitting green light have been synthesized using a peptide derived from the C terminal of silk fibroin heavy chain (CSH) via a one-pot, green, and facile synthesis method.

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Yunpeng Shang ◽  
Hui Gao ◽  
Lei Li ◽  
Chaoqun Ma ◽  
Jiao Gu ◽  
...  

Herein, we prepared the L-histidine- (His-) protected silver nanoclusters (Ag NCs) by the microwave synthesis method. The synthesis process was rapid, facile, and environmentally friendly. Under 356 nm excitation, the as-prepared Ag NCs exhibited the blue fluorescence, and the fluorescence emission peak was located at 440 nm. The Ag NCs could successfully detect trace copper (Cu2+) ions in the aqueous solution and the limit of detection (LOD) was as low as 0.6 pM. Interestingly, the Ag NCs showed a different pH-dependent selectivity for both Cu2+ and iron (Fe3+) ions with no responses to other heavy metal ions. Furthermore, the as-fabricated fluorescent sensing system was utilized to detect glutathione (GSH, the LOD was 0.8 nM) by using the “switch-on” fluorescence recovery of Ag NCs through adding glutathione (GSH) to the Cu2+-Ag NCs solution.


2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (12) ◽  
pp. 4232-4241 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shankha S. Acharyya ◽  
Shilpi Ghosh ◽  
Shubhadeep Adak ◽  
Takehiko Sasaki ◽  
Rajaram Bal

A facile hydrothermal synthesis method is developed to prepare CuCr2O4 spinel nanoparticle catalysts with sizes between 25–50 nm for selective hydroxylation of benzene.


RSC Advances ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (53) ◽  
pp. 30207-30214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengpeng Jiao ◽  
Yuantao Pei ◽  
Liqiong Wang ◽  
Haijun Zhang ◽  
Zili Huang ◽  
...  

Ag NCs of 1.3 nm prepared by a facile one-pot strategy exhibit excellent antibacterial activities for E. coli.


Nanomaterials ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 154
Author(s):  
Guifang Wang ◽  
Jing Wang ◽  
Linlin Zhao ◽  
Qiang Zhang ◽  
Yan Lu

In the present work, we describe a facile and general method of fabricating fluorescent inorganic nanoparticles with diverse shapes for cell imaging application. The hematite (α-Fe2O3) nanoparticles (HNPs) with three different shapes (i.e., spindle shape, ellipsoidal shape and quasi-spherical shape) were first prepared as model systems in consideration of good biocompatibility and the controllable morphology of α-Fe2O3. Three fluorescent HNPs with different shapes were readily achieved via one-pot sol-gel reaction of AIE luminogen-functionalized siloxane (AIEgen-Si(OCH3)3) and TEOS in the presence of PVP-stabilized HNPs. Due to the fluorescence originating from the thin AIEgens-contained SiO2 shell around the HNPs, their photoluminescent intensities can be tuned by changing the concentrations of TEOS and AIEgen-Si(OCH3)3 in feed prior to the sol-gel reaction. When the as-prepared fluorescent products were dispersed in water, they gave intense green light emission upon excitation at 360 nm with relatively high fluorescence quantum yield. Further, fluorescent HNPs exhibited low cytotoxicity and excellent photostability and, thus, were used as optical probes to preliminarily explore the effect of nanoparticle shapes on their cellular uptake behaviors. This work should open a facile way to prepare various fluorescent inorganic nanoparticles with specific morphology for various biological applications.


RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (23) ◽  
pp. 17532-17540 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xiaoli Liu ◽  
Hui Jiang ◽  
Wei Ge ◽  
Changyu Wu ◽  
Donghua Chen ◽  
...  

Carbon nanospheres with size below 71 nm are synthesized from bacterial cellulose nanofibers using a one-pot hydrothermal synthesis method.


Synthesis ◽  
2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peter Ehlers ◽  
Peter Langer ◽  
Marian Blanco Ponce ◽  
Silvio Parpart ◽  
Alexander Villinger ◽  
...  

AbstractA concise and modular synthesis of pyrrolo[1,2-a][1,6]- and [1,8]naphthyridines by a one-pot two-step reaction consisting of electrophilic acylation followed by an alkyne-carbonyl-metathesis reaction as the final cyclization step is reported. This developed synthetic methodology allows the facile synthesis of these heterocyclic core structures in mainly high overall yields under metal-free conditions. Reaction conditions are carefully optimized and display a novel supplement to access these tricyclic heterocyclic compounds.


2020 ◽  
Vol 37 (12) ◽  
pp. 2317-2325
Author(s):  
Seong Bin Jo ◽  
Ho Jin Chae ◽  
Tae Young Kim ◽  
Jeom-In Baek ◽  
Dhanusuraman Ragupathy ◽  
...  

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (3) ◽  
pp. 661
Author(s):  
Zhiwei Ying ◽  
Xinwei Chen ◽  
He Li ◽  
Xinqi Liu ◽  
Chi Zhang ◽  
...  

Soybean dreg is a by-product of soybean products production, with a large consumption in China. Low utilization value leads to random discarding, which is one of the important sources of urban pollution. In this work, porous biochar was synthesized using a one-pot method and potassium bicarbonate (KHCO3) with low-cost soybean dreg (SD) powder as the carbon precursor to investigating the adsorption of methylene blue (MB). The prepared samples were characterized with scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), elemental analyzer (EA), Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET), X-ray diffractometer (XRD), Raman spectroscopy (Raman), Fourier transform infrared spectrometer (FTIR), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The obtained SDB-K-3 showed a high specific surface area of 1620 m2 g−1, a large pore volume of 0.7509 cm3 g−1, and an average pore diameter of 1.859 nm. The results indicated that the maximum adsorption capacity of SDB-K-3 to MB could reach 1273.51 mg g−1 at 318 K. The kinetic data were most consistent with the pseudo-second-order model and the adsorption behavior was more suitable for the Langmuir isotherm equation. This study demonstrated that the porous biochar adsorbent can be prepared from soybean dreg by high value utilization, and it could hold significant potential for dye wastewater treatment in the future.


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