TY - JOUR
T1 - Control of Primary Particle Spacing in Gold Nanoparticle Clusters for Both High NIR Extinction and Full Reversibility
AU - Moaseri, Ehsan
AU - Stover, Robert J.
AU - Changalvaie, Behzad
AU - Cepeda, Alexis J.
AU - Truskett, Thomas M.
AU - Sokolov, Konstantin V.
AU - Johnston, Keith P.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 American Chemical Society.
PY - 2017/4/11
Y1 - 2017/4/11
N2 - Reversible NIR-active nanoparticle clusters with controlled size from 20 to 100 nm were assembled from 5 nm gold nanoparticles (Au NP), with either citrate (CIT) or various binary ligands on the surface, by tuning the electrostatic repulsion and the hydrogen bonding via pH. The nanoclusters were bound together by vdW forces between the cores and the hydrogen bonds between the surface ligands and dissociated to primary nanoparticles over a period of 20 days at pH 5 and at pH 7. When high levels of citrate ligands were used on the primary particle surfaces, the large particle spacings in the nanoclusters led to only modest NIR extinction. However, a NIR extinction (E1000/525) ratio of up to ∼0.4 was obtained for nanoclusters with binary ligand mixtures composed of citrate and either cysteine (CYS), glutathione (GSH), or thioctic acid zwitterion (TAZ) while maintaining full reversibility to primary particles. The optimum ligand ratio for both an E1000/525 of ∼0.4 and full reversibility decreased with increasing length of the secondary ligand (1.5/1 for CYS/CIT, 0.75/1 for GSH/CIT, and 0.5/1 for TAZ/CIT) because a longer secondary ligand maintains a sufficient interparticle spacing required for dissociation more effectively. Interestingly, the zeta potential and the first-order rate constant for nanocluster dissociation were similar for all three systems at the optimum ligand ratios. After incubation in 10 mM GSH solution (intracellular concentration), only the TAZ/CIT primary nanoparticles were resistant to protein opsonization in 100% fetal bovine serum, as the bidentate binding and zwitterion tips of TAZ resisted GSH exchange and protein opsonization, respectively.
AB - Reversible NIR-active nanoparticle clusters with controlled size from 20 to 100 nm were assembled from 5 nm gold nanoparticles (Au NP), with either citrate (CIT) or various binary ligands on the surface, by tuning the electrostatic repulsion and the hydrogen bonding via pH. The nanoclusters were bound together by vdW forces between the cores and the hydrogen bonds between the surface ligands and dissociated to primary nanoparticles over a period of 20 days at pH 5 and at pH 7. When high levels of citrate ligands were used on the primary particle surfaces, the large particle spacings in the nanoclusters led to only modest NIR extinction. However, a NIR extinction (E1000/525) ratio of up to ∼0.4 was obtained for nanoclusters with binary ligand mixtures composed of citrate and either cysteine (CYS), glutathione (GSH), or thioctic acid zwitterion (TAZ) while maintaining full reversibility to primary particles. The optimum ligand ratio for both an E1000/525 of ∼0.4 and full reversibility decreased with increasing length of the secondary ligand (1.5/1 for CYS/CIT, 0.75/1 for GSH/CIT, and 0.5/1 for TAZ/CIT) because a longer secondary ligand maintains a sufficient interparticle spacing required for dissociation more effectively. Interestingly, the zeta potential and the first-order rate constant for nanocluster dissociation were similar for all three systems at the optimum ligand ratios. After incubation in 10 mM GSH solution (intracellular concentration), only the TAZ/CIT primary nanoparticles were resistant to protein opsonization in 100% fetal bovine serum, as the bidentate binding and zwitterion tips of TAZ resisted GSH exchange and protein opsonization, respectively.
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U2 - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04453
DO - 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b04453
M3 - Article
C2 - 28277669
AN - SCOPUS:85017638407
SN - 0743-7463
VL - 33
SP - 3413
EP - 3426
JO - Langmuir
JF - Langmuir
IS - 14
ER -