Tailoring the ligand shell for the control of cellular uptake and optical properties of nanocrystals

• Johannes Ostermann,
• Christian Schmidtke,
• Christopher Wolter,
• Jan-Philip Merkl,
• Hauke Kloust and
• Horst Weller

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2015, 6, 232–242, doi:10.3762/bjnano.6.22

• -bromopropyl)-2,2,5,5-tetramethyl-1-aza-2,5-disilacyclopentane, THF; (d) 1 M HCl, THF; (e) HCl, THF; (f) propargyl bromide, THF; (g) epibromohydrin, THF; (h) methyl iodide, THF; (i) CH3COOH, THF; (j) CDI, DABCO, CH2Cl2; (k) ethylenediamine, DABCO, CHCl3; (l) tris(2-aminoethyl)amine, CHCl3; (m) propargylamine

Biopolymer colloids for controlling and templating inorganic synthesis

• Laura C. Preiss,
• Katharina Landfester and
• Rafael Muñoz-Espí

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2129–2138, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.222

• when gold(III) is reduced in the presence of DNA toroids formed with bis(ethylenediamine)gold(III). Reprinted with permission from [66]. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society. Dark-field TEM micrograph (a) and corresponding electron diffraction pattern (b) of hydroxyapatite/gelatin particles

Effects of surface functionalization on the adsorption of human serum albumin onto nanoparticles – a fluorescence correlation spectroscopy study

• Pauline Maffre,
• Stefan Brandholt,
• Karin Nienhaus,
• Li Shang,
• Wolfgang J. Parak and
• G. Ulrich Nienhaus

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2036–2047, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.212

• interesting case is the adsorption of aminated HSA (HSAam) on DHLA–QDs, for which the overall corona is slightly thicker (ΔRH = 4.0 nm, Table 2, Figure 3e) than for the native protein. Random amination of a fraction of the side chains of the acidic residues (aspartate and glutamate) on HSA by ethylenediamine

Electrostatic interplay: The interaction triangle of polyamines, silicic acid, and phosphate studied through turbidity measurements, silicomolybdic acid test, and ²⁹Si NMR spectroscopy

• Anne Jantschke,
• Katrin Spinde and
• Eike Brunner

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2014, 5, 2026–2035, doi:10.3762/bjnano.5.211

• ), ethylenediamine dihydrochloride (EN; C2H8N2·2HCl; M = 133.02 g/mol), N,N-dimethylethylenediamine (MEEN; C4H12N2; M = 88.15 g/mol), (2-aminoethyl)trimethylammonium chloride hydrochloride (ENQ; C5H15N2Cl·HCl; M = 175.10 g/mol), N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylethylenediamine (TMEDA; C6H16N2; M = 116.20 g/mol), sodium