Journal of the American Chemical Society, volume 133, issue 7, pages 2192-2197
How and Why Nanoparticle’s Curvature Regulates the Apparent pKaof the Coating Ligands
Dawei Wang
1
,
Rikkert J Nap
2
,
Istvan Lagzi
3
,
Bartlomiej Kowalczyk
2
,
Shuangbing Han
2
,
Bartosz A. Grzybowski
2
,
Igal Szleifer
2
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2011-01-31
scimago Q1
SJR: 5.489
CiteScore: 24.4
Impact factor: 14.4
ISSN: 00027863, 15205126
PubMed ID:
21280574
General Chemistry
Catalysis
Biochemistry
Colloid and Surface Chemistry
Abstract
Dissociation of ionizable ligands immobilized on nanopaticles (NPs) depends on and can be regulated by the curvature of these particles as well as the size and the concentration of counterions. The apparent acid dissociation constant (pKa) of the NP-immobilized ligands lies between that of free ligands and ligands self-assembled on a flat surface. This phenomenon is explicitly rationalized by a theoretical model that accounts fully for the molecular details (size, shape, conformation, and charge distribution) of both the NPs and the counterions.
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