title: Fabrication of protein-conjugated silver sulfide nanorods in the bovine serum albumin solution.
abstract: Highly ordered silver sulfide nanorods conjugated with the Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) protein have been successfully achieved at ambient temperature. Such a process is very simple and controllable, directly using silver nitrate and thioacetamide (TAA) as the reactants in the aqueous solution of BSA. The products have been characterized by XRD, HRTEM-SAED, SEM-EDS, TG-DTA, FT-IR, and CD spectroscopy. The results of the research show that the as-prepared Ag2S nanorods are monodispersed with sizes about 40 nm in diameter and 220 nm in length, and exhibit a high degree of crystallinity and good photoluminescence. Furthermore, an interesting mechanism is discussed for the formation of the Ag2S nanorods.
authors.affiliation: College of Chemistry and Environmental Science, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang 453007, PR China. yanglin1819@163.com
authors.forename: Lin
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Ruimin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xing
authors.forename: Qingming
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Shen
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.forename: Feng
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Jinye
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Qiushi
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Ren
mesh_terms: D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D046529:Microscopy, Electron, Transmission; D043942:Nanotubes; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry*; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D012996:Solutions; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D018030:Silver Compounds; D012996:Solutions; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; C013251:silver sulfide