Unexpected Changes in Functionality and Surface Coverage for Au Nanoparticle PEI Conjugates: Implications for Stability and Efficacy in Biological Systems

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 7673-7683

  Cho, Tae Joon ^a   Pettibone, John M ^a   Gorham, Justin M ^a   Nguyen, Thao M ^a   MacCuspie, Robert I ^a   Gigault, Julien ^a   Hackley, Vincent A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS; CARBOXYLATION; CHEMICAL STABILITY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GOLD; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; STABILITY;

AMINE FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE; CATIONIC POLYETHYLENIMINE; CHEMICAL FUNCTIONALITY; CONTRIBUTING FACTOR; PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT; PHYSICO-CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COLLOID; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COLLOID; PARTICLE SIZE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

COLLOIDS; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENEIMINE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

EID: 84949660143     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01634     Document Type: Article

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