Stimuli induced structural changes of gold nanoparticle assemblies having sequential alternating amphiphilic peptides at the surface |
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Authors: | Higuchi Masahiro Nagata Kenji Abiko Sohei Tanaka Masayoshi Kinoshita Takatoshi |
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Affiliation: | Department of Materials Science and Technology, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya 466-5888, Japan. higuchi.masahiro@nitech.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Gold nanoparticles having sequential alternating amphiphilic peptide chains, Phe-(Leu-Glu)8, on the surface have been prepared. We describe structural control of the amphiphilic peptide coated gold nanoparticle assembly by a conformational transition of the surface peptides. Under the acidic condition, the conformation of the surface amphiphilic peptide was converted to a beta-sheet structure from an aggregated alpha-helix by incubation. Under this condition, the amphiphilic peptide coated gold nanoparticles formed a nanosheet assembly. The plasmon absorption maximum of the gold nanoparticles shifted to a shorter wavelength with the formation of the beta-sheet assembly of the surface peptide. This suggests that the structure of the peptide coated gold nanoparticle assembly could be controlled by the conformational transition of the surface peptide. Furthermore, the core gold nanoparticle could be fixed in the beta-sheet assembly in the state that stood alone. This system may be useful for novel molecular devices that exhibit quantized properties. |
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