title: Fabrication of Size-Tunable Metallic Nanoparticles Using Plasmid DNA as a Biomolecular Reactor.
abstract: Plasmid DNA can be used as a template to yield gold, palladium, silver, and chromium nanoparticles of different sizes based on variations in incubation time at 70 °C with gold phosphine complexes, with the acetates of silver or palladium, or chromium acetylacetonate. The employment of mild synthetic conditions, minimal procedural steps, and aqueous solvents makes this method environmentally greener and ensures general feasibility. The use of plasmids exploits the capabilities of the biotechnology industry as a source of nanoreactor materials.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. jsamson@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Jacopo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Samson
authors.affiliation: EM Consulting, 57 Soundview Drive, Huntington, NY 11743, USA. irene.piscopo@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Piscopo
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. yampolsa@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Alex
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Yampolski
authors.affiliation: Division of Medical Sciences, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC V8W 2Y2, Canada. nahirney@uvic.ca.
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Nahirney
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. aparpas@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parpas
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. amitashin@yahoo.co.in.
authors.forename: Amit
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Aggarwal
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. raihan.saleh@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Raihan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Saleh
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Hunter College of the City University of New York, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. cdrain@hunter.cuny.edu.|The Rockefeller University, 695 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10065, USA. cdrain@hunter.cuny.edu.
authors.forename: Charles Michael
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Drain
keywords: biomolecular reactor; chromium nanoparticles; gold; green synthesis; palladium; plasmid DNA; silver