Publication detail

Structural effects and nanoparticle size are essential for quantum dots-metallothionein complex formation

TMEJOVÁ, K. HYNEK, D. KOPEL, P. GUMULEC, J. KŘÍŽKOVÁ, S. GURÁŇ, R. HEGER, Z. KALINA, M. VACULOVIČOVÁ, M. ADAM, V. KÍZEK, R.

Original Title

Type

journal article in Web of Science

Language

English

Original Abstract

Interaction between semiconductor nanocrystals, cadmium telluride quantum dots (CdTe QDs) capped with mercaptosuccinic acid (MSA) and metallothionein (MT) was investigated. MSA-capped CdTe QDs were synthesized in aqueous solution. Mixture of MT and MSA-capped CdTe QDs has been investigated by various analytical methods as follows: tris-tricine gel electrophoresis, fluorescence evaluation and electrochemical detection of catalysed hydrogen evolution. The obtained results demonstrate that MSAcapped CdTe QDs and MT do not create firmly bound stabile complex. However, weak electrostatic interactions contribute to the interaction of MT with MSA-capped CdTeQDs. It can be concluded that QDs size influences the QDs and MT interaction. The smallest QDs had the highest affinity to MT and vice versa. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Quantum dot; Metallothionein; Interaction; Complex

Authors

TMEJOVÁ, K.; HYNEK, D.; KOPEL, P.; GUMULEC, J.; KŘÍŽKOVÁ, S.; GURÁŇ, R.; HEGER, Z.; KALINA, M.; VACULOVIČOVÁ, M.; ADAM, V.; KÍZEK, R.

RIV year

2015

Released

1. 10. 2015

ISBN

0927-7765

Periodical

Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces

Year of study

134

Number

State

Kingdom of the Netherlands

Pages from

262

Pages to

272

Pages count

BibTex

@article{BUT123333,
  author="Kateřina {Tmejová} and Michal {Kalina} and Markéta {Vaculovičová} and Vojtěch {Adam} and David {Hynek} and Pavel {Kopel} and Jaromír {Gumulec} and Soňa {Křížková} and Roman {Guráň} and Zbyněk {Heger} and René {Kizek}",
  title="Structural effects and nanoparticle size are essential for quantum dots-metallothionein complex formation",
  journal="Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces",
  year="2015",
  volume="134",
  number="1",
  pages="262--272",
  doi="10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.06.045",
  issn="0927-7765"
}