Volume 31, Issue 5 pp. 695-700
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Non-covalent Sugar Modification and Self-assembly of Fluorous Gold Nanoparticles Driven by Fluorous Interaction

Zhifang Chen

Zhifang Chen

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

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Guosong Chen

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Guosong Chen

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China

State Key Laboratory of Molecular Engineering of Polymers and Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China, 0086-021-55664275Search for more papers by this author
First published: 21 May 2013
Citations: 6

Abstract

Fluorous gold nanoparticle (Fluo-NP), i.e. gold nanoparticle covered by fluorous ponytail (C8F17-) was prepared and found to self-assemble into supra-structures covered by carbohydrates (named supraF-NP), due to the strong fluorous interaction. More importantly, the re-dispersed supraF-NP (diameter around 200 nm) in water provided an alternative strategy to detect carbohydrate-protein interaction in solution by naked eye.

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