Issue 6, 2016

Sono-assembly of nanostructures via tyrosine–tyrosine coupling reactions at the interface of acoustic cavitation bubbles

Abstract

This work demonstrates that the reactive and oscillating surface of acoustic cavitation microbubbles acts as a catalytic binding site for the coupling of amphiphilic biomolecules bearing tyrosine moieties at the gas–liquid interface. We show a one-step, controlled ultrasonic process to self assemble tyrosine moieties into highly fluorescent uniformly sized sub-micron particles with new optical and functional properties.

Graphical abstract: Sono-assembly of nanostructures via tyrosine–tyrosine coupling reactions at the interface of acoustic cavitation bubbles

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Article information

Article type
Communication
Submitted
17 Jul 2016
Accepted
05 Sep 2016
First published
05 Sep 2016
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY license

Mater. Horiz., 2016,3, 563-567

Sono-assembly of nanostructures via tyrosine–tyrosine coupling reactions at the interface of acoustic cavitation bubbles

F. Cavalieri, E. Colombo, E. Nicolai, N. Rosato and M. Ashokkumar, Mater. Horiz., 2016, 3, 563 DOI: 10.1039/C6MH00250A

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