Chemistry Letters, Vol.41, No.9, 926-928, 2012
Chiral Glutathione-protected Ag Triangular Nanoplates Synthesized by Protectant-substitution Reaction: Chiroptical and Surface Structure Analysis
Chiral Ag:SG (glutathione) triangular nanoplates were synthesized by substitution reaction of achiral Ag:poly(vinylpyrrolidone) (PVP) nanoplates with glutathione free GSH molecules. Analysis of the chiroptical properties of the synthesized nanoplates using a circular dichroism spectrometer revealed characteristic Cotton effects with wavelengths that corresponded well to those of plasmon resonances for Ag nanoplates. X-ray photoelectron spectrometry analysis of their chemical compositions revealed that complete substitution of PVP molecules with GSH molecules proceeds on the nanoplates.