Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 13, Issue 5, Pages 1199-1204Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201100906
Keywords
catalytic activity; enzyme mimics; gold; heterogeneous catalysis; nanoparticles
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [21175023]
- Medical Innovation Project of Fujian Province [2009-CX-17]
- Natural Science Foundation of Fujian Province [2011J01034]
- Science and Technology Planning Project of Fujian Province [2011Y0030]
- Program for New Century Excellent Talents in Fujian Province University [JA11102]
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The origin of the peroxidase-like activity of gold nanoparticles and the impact of surface modification are studied. Furthermore, some influencing factors, such as fabrication process, redox property of the modifier, and charge property of the substrate, are investigated. Compared to amino-modified or citrate-capped gold nanoparticles, unmodified gold nanoparticles show significantly higher catalytic activity toward peroxidase substrates, that is, the superficial gold atoms are a contributing factor to the observed peroxidase-like activity. The different catalytic activities of amino-modified and citrate-capped gold nanoparticles toward 3,3',5,5'-tetramethylbenzidine (TMB) and 2,2'-azino-bis(3-ethylbenzothiazoline-6-sulfonic acid) diammonium salt (ABTS) show that the charge characteristics of the nanoparticles and the substrate also play an important role in the catalytic reactions.
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