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Review
. 2017 Oct:40:138-144.
doi: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2017.09.005. Epub 2017 Sep 27.

Peptide mediated formation of noble metal nanoparticles-controlling size and spatial arrangement

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Peptide mediated formation of noble metal nanoparticles-controlling size and spatial arrangement

Stefano Corra et al. Curr Opin Chem Biol. 2017 Oct.

Abstract

Over the past two decades, peptides have expanded the toolbox of additives for the preparation of noble metal nanoparticles. Their functional and structural modularity and accompanying molecular recognition and self-assembly properties offer unique opportunities for the controlled formation of NPs. Within this review, we highlight recent examples for the use of peptides to control a) the size and shape of NPs and b) the spatial arrangement of NPs. The article focuses on examples where the peptides are directly involved in the bottom-up synthesis of the noble metal NPs.

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