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ArticleNanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland)2021

Glutathione Disulfide as a Reducing, Capping, and Mass-Separating Agent for the Synthesis and Enrichment of Gold Nanoclusters.

Qianqian Zhang, Junhua Wang, Zhao Meng, Rui Ling, Hang Ren, Weidong Qin, Zhenglong Wu, Na Shao

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Article in Nanomaterials (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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Qianqian ZhangCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Junhua WangCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Zhao MengCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Rui LingCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Hang RenCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Weidong QinCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Zhenglong WuAnalytical and Testing Center, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.
Na ShaoCollege of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, No. 19, XinJieKouWai Street, Beijing 100875, China.

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National Natural Science Foundation of China 21575017
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Water-soluble nanoclusters, which are facilely enrichable without changes in the original properties, are highly demanded in many disciplines. In this contribution, a new class of gold nanoclusters (AuNCs) was synthesized using glutathione disulfide (GSSG) as a reducing and capping agent under intermittent heating mode. The as-prepared GSSG-AuNCs had a higher quantum yield (4.1%) compared to the conventional glutathione-protected AuNCs (1.8%). Moreover, by simply introducing the GSSG-AuNC solution to acetonitrile at a volume ratio of 1:7, a new bottom phase was formed, in which GSSG-AuNCs could be 400-fold enriched without changes in properties, with a percentage recovery higher than 99%. The enrichment approach did not need additional instruments and was potentially suitable for large-scale enrichment of nanoclusters. Further, density functional theory calculations indicated that the hydrogen bonding between GSSG and acetonitrile plays a key role for the bottom phase formation. Our work suggests that the highly emissive GSSG-AuNCs possess great potential not only in fluorescent measurements but also in other scenarios in which high-concentration AuNCs may be needed, such as catalysis, drug delivery, and electronic and optical industries.

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enrichmentfluorescenceglutathione disulfidemass-separating agentnanoclusters

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PMID34578574
PMCPMC8472339

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