title: Immobilization of biogenic gold nanoparticles in thermally evaporated fatty acid and amine thin films.
abstract: We have recently demonstrated the biological synthesis of gold nanoparticles by the reduction of aqueous chloroaurate ions by the fungus Fusarium oxysporum and with extract of geranium (Pelargonium graveolens) leaf. In this paper, we demonstrate the immobilization of biogenic gold nanoparticles in lipid thin films deposited by thermal evaporation. The charge on the gold nanoparticles synthesized by both the fungus and the geranium plant extract is used to facilitate their immobilization in both anionic and cationic lipid thin films. A rough estimate of the isoelectric point of the proteins capping the gold nanoparticles synthesized using the fungus could be made by pH-dependent microgravimetry studies of the immobilization process. An interesting size and shape selectivity in the immobilized gold nanoparticles is observed in the lipid thin films. The biogenic gold nanoparticle-lipid composite films were characterized using quartz crystal microgravimetry, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, and transmission electron microscopy.
authors.affiliation: Materials Chemistry, National Chemical Laboratory, Pune 411 08, India.
authors.forename: S Shiv
authors.initials: SS
authors.lastname: Shankar
authors.forename: Absar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ahmad
authors.forename: Renu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pasricha
authors.forename: M Islam
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Rajiv
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Murali
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sastry
mesh_terms: D000588:Amines / Q000737:chemistry*; D005227:Fatty Acids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005670:Fusarium; D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007700:Kinetics; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D036103:Nanotechnology; D013053:Spectrophotometry; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: D000588:Amines; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006046:Gold