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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2019

Formation and Stabilization of Gold Nanoparticles in Bovine Serum Albumin Solution.

Iulia Matei, Cristina Maria Buta, Ioana Maria Turcu, Daniela Culita, Cornel Munteanu, Gabriela Ionita

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 20 papers.

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20citing papers in PubMed
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20 citing papers in PubMed, 59 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Iulia Matei"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. iulia.matei@yahoo.com.ORCID 0000-0003-4611-9405
Cristina Maria Buta"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. butamariacristina@gmail.com.
Ioana Maria Turcu"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. oana_turcu@yahoo.com.
Daniela Culita"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. danaculita@yahoo.co.uk.ORCID 0000-0001-9289-5443
Cornel Munteanu"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. cornel_munteanuro@yahoo.com.
Gabriela Ionita"Ilie Murgulescu" Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Romanian Academy, Splaiul Independentei 202, 060021 Bucharest, Romania. ige@icf.ro.
Romanian Academy · RO

Funding

UEFISCDI Romania PN-III-P4-ID-PCE-2016-0734
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The formation and growth of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) were investigated in pH 7 buffer solution of bovine serum albumin (BSA) at room temperature. The processes were monitored by UV-Vis, circular dichroism, Raman and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopies. TEM microscopy and dynamic light scattering (DLS) measurements were used to evidence changes in particle size during nanoparticle formation and growth. The formation of AuNPs at pH 7 in the absence of BSA was not observed, which proves that the albumin is involved in the first step of Au(III) reduction. Changes in the EPR spectral features of two spin probes, CAT16 and DIS3, with affinity for BSA and AuNPs, respectively, allowed us to monitor the particle growth and to demonstrate the protective role of BSA for AuNPs. The size of AuNPs formed in BSA solution increases slowly with time, resulting in nanoparticles of different morphologies, as revealed by TEM. Raman spectra of BSA indicate the interaction of albumin with AuNPs through sulfur-containing amino acid residues. This study shows that albumins act as both reducing agents and protective corona of AuNPs.

Indexed as

AnimalsCattleElectron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyGoldMetal NanoparticlesMicroscopy, Electron, TransmissionSerum Albumin, BovineSpectrum Analysis, RamanGoldSerum Albumin, Bovinealbumincircular dichroismEPR spectroscopygold nanoparticlesRaman spectroscopy

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PMID31540504
PMCPMC6766809
OpenAlexW2974157786

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