Preparation and characterization of Au nanoparticles capped with mercaptocarboranyl clusters.

Dalton Trans

Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona, Campus U.A.B., 08193 Bellaterra, Spain.

Published: April 2014


Category Ranking

98%

Total Visits

921

Avg Visit Duration

2 minutes

Citations

20

Article Abstract

The preparation of 3-4 nm and 10 nm gold nanoparticles capped with neutral carborane-based mercaptocarboranes, via two different preparative routes, is reported. The resulting boron-enriched nanomaterials exhibit complete dispersibility in water, opening the way for the use of these monolayer protected clusters (MPCs) in medical applications, such as boron neutron capture therapy (BNCT). These newly prepared MPCs have been characterized by FTIR, (1)H and (11)B NMR spectroscopy, UV-visible, centrifugal particle sizing (CPS), and, in some cases, inductively coupled plasma atomic emission spectrometry (ICP-AES). Water dispersibility exhibited by these MPCs allowed the study of the cellular uptake by HeLa cells.

Download full-text PDF

Source
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c3dt52872cDOI Listing

Publication Analysis

Top Keywords

nanoparticles capped
8
preparation characterization
4
characterization nanoparticles
4
capped mercaptocarboranyl
4
mercaptocarboranyl clusters
4
clusters preparation
4
preparation 3-4
4
3-4 gold
4
gold nanoparticles
4
capped neutral
4

Similar Publications

Sustainable synthesis and functional profiling of Ipomoea hederifolia-derived terpenoids-assisted silver nanoparticles: Mechanistic insights into anticancer, antioxidant, antibiofilm, and anti-quorum sensing activities.

Biophys Chem

September 2025

Research and Development Cell (RDC), Parul University, Waghodia, Vadodara, Gujarat 391760, India; Department of Computer Science and Bioscience, Faculty of Engineering and Technology, Marwadi University, Rajkot 360003, Gujarat, India. Electronic address:

Silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) synthesized through green chemistry approaches offer a sustainable alternative to conventional methods, with potential applications in various biological fields. In this study, we report the synthesis of AgNPs using terpenoids derived from Ipomoea hederifolia L. (Convolvulaceae).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

New horizons in synthesis, functionalization, and deposition of advanced materials using multifunctional organic alkalizers.

Adv Colloid Interface Sci

September 2025

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton L8S 4L8, Ontario, Canada; School of Biomedical Engineering, McMaster University, 1280 Main Street West, Hamilton L8S 4L8, Ontario, Canada. Electronic address:

This review describes new strategies in the use of multifunctional organic alkalizers (OA) for the fabrication of advanced functional materials. OA facilitate solubilization and delivery of poorly solubilized drugs through the formation of drug-OA complexes and supramolecular gels. OA are applied for the synthesis of materials for biomedical, energy storage, catalytic, photovoltaic, sensor, and electronic applications.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

Cross-reactivities in conjugation reactions involving iron oxide nanoparticles.

Beilstein J Nanotechnol

August 2025

Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.

The preparation of multimodal nanoparticles by capping magnetic iron oxide nanoparticles (IONPs) with functional organic molecules is a major area of research for biomedical applications. Conjugation reactions, such as carbodiimide coupling and the highly selective class of reactions known as "click chemistry", have been instrumental in tailoring the ligand layers of IONPs to produce functional biomedical nanomaterials. However, few studies report the controls performed to determine if the loading of molecules onto IONPs is due to the proposed coupling reaction(s) employed, or some other unknown interaction with the IONP surface.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

First-principles insights into structure and magnetism in ultra-small tetrahedral iron oxide nanoparticles.

Phys Chem Chem Phys

September 2025

Masaryk University, Faculty of Science, Department of Chemistry, Kotlářská 2, Brno, 611 37, Czech Republic.

Structural and magnetic properties of ultra-small tetrahedron-shaped iron oxide nanoparticles were investigated using density functional theory. Tetrahedral and truncated tetrahedral models were considered in both non-functionalized form and with surfaces passivated by pseudo-hydrogen atoms. The focus on these two morphologies reflects their experimental relevance at this size scale and the feasibility of performing fully relaxed, atomistically resolved first-principles simulations.

View Article and Find Full Text PDF

The present research reports the synthesis of poly-[ethylene oxide]-based composite films (500 μm) containing metal nanoparticles (NPs) [Ag ( ∼ 6 nm), Cu ( ∼ 25 nm), and Fe ( ∼ 35 nm)] as the mobile phase. The novelty of the study is in the corroboration of a plausible mechanism for the generation of metal NPs through green synthesis using herbal extracts of (Tea) and (Neem). Density functional theory (DFT) is used to optimize the phytoreductants present in both biosources, wherein the reducing and/or stabilizing functional entities are primarily hydroxyl groups (-OH).

View Article and Find Full Text PDF