title: Gold nanoparticles become stable to cyanide etch when coated with hybrid lipid bilayers.
abstract: Hybrid bilayers composed of the lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC) and a submonolayer of 1-decanethiol bound to gold nanoparticles are very stable to potassium cyanide.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Portland State University, PO Box 751, Portland, OR, USA.
authors.forename: Sarita
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sitaula
authors.forename: Marilyn R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Mackiewicz
authors.forename: Scott M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Reed
mesh_terms: D000473:Alkanes / Q000737:chemistry; D003486:Cyanides / Q000737:chemistry*; D004355:Drug Stability; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D000473:Alkanes; D003486:Cyanides; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds