Since the pioneering work of Schmid et al. on phosphine-capped Au(55) clusters, the search for thiolated Au(55) has long been of major interest. This work reports the synthesis and electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) evidence of Au(55)(SCH(2)CH(2)Ph)(31) clusters.

Thiolated gold nanomolecules show a power correlation between the number of gold atoms and the thiolate ligands with a 2/3 scaling similar to Platonic and Archimedean solids. Nanomolecule stability is influenced by a universal geometric factor that is foundational to its stability through the Euclidean surface rule, in addition to the electronic shell closing factor and staple motif requirements.

A label-free method is developed to ratiometrically determine the stoichiometry of oligonucleotides attached to the surface of gold nanoparticle (GNP) by whispering gallery mode biosensing. Utilizing this scheme, it is furthermore shown that the stoichiometric ratio of GNP attached oligonucleotide species can be controlled by varying the concentration ratio of thiolated oligonucleotides that ar...

A one-pot ultrasonic procedure has been developed as a versatile route for synthesizing polymer-coated microspheres that have potential application as drug delivery vehicles. The use of synthetic thiolated poly(methacrylic acid) macromolecules as the shell material offers control over size, morphology and functionality of the microspheres.

The optical spectra of thiolated Au25(SR)18/Au23(SR)16 clusters with different R residues are investigated via TDDFT simulations. Significant enhancements in the optical region and effective electron delocalization are simultaneously achieved by tuning the ligands' steric hindrance and electronic conjugating features, producing a resonance phenomenon between the Au-S core motif and the ligand f...

Cocaine abuse remains a global public health problem and contributing factor to various social problems. In this work, we report on the development of novel amphiphilic polymer (A-polym)-functionalized cadmium-free ZnSe/In2S3 core/shell quantum dots (QDs)-cationic cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)-capped gold nanoparticle (AuNP) fluorescence nanoprobe for cocaine. QDs were synthesized using...

CONTEXT Mucus represents a critical obstacle for self-emulsifying drug delivery systems (SEDDS) targeting the epithelial membrane site. OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was the development of a novel SEDDS to overcome the mucus barrier. MATERIALS AND METHODS Two novel conjugates N-dodecyl-4-mercaptobutanimidamide (thiobutylamidine-dodecylamine, TBA-D) and 2-mercapto-N-octylacetamide (thioglyc...

We describe the complementary use of X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to quantitatively characterize the immobilization of thiolated (dT)(25) single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) on gold. When electron attenuation effects are accurately accounted for in the XPS analysis, the relative coverage values obtained by the two methods are in excellent agr...

The capability to position individual emitters, such as quantum dots, near metallic nanostructures is highly desirable for constructing active optical devices that can manipulate light at the single photon level. The emergence of the field of plasmonics as a means to confine light now introduces a need for high precision and reliability in positioning any source of emission, which has thus far ...

During synthesis of thiolated deoxyoligonucleotides, side products can be formed. When used in the fabrication of microchips, the oligonucleotides have to be of high purity. We demonstrated the presence of impurities, which were not failure sequences from the synthesis. These products were identified and characterized using high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) and electrospray MS(/MS)....