@article{SiTaubertMantionetal.2012,
  author    = {Si, Satyabrata and Taubert, Andreas and Mantion, Alexandre and Rogez, Guillaume and Rabu, Pierre},
  title     = {Peptide-intercalated layered metal hydroxides effect of peptide chain length and side chain functionality on structural, optical and magnetic properties},
  series = {Chemical science},
  volume    = {3},
  journal   = {Chemical science},
  number    = {6},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {2041-6520},
  doi       = {10.1039/c2sc01087a},
  pages     = {1945 -- 1957},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {New hybrid materials have been prepared by grafting synthetic peptides in the interlayer spacing of Cu(II) and Co(II) layered simple hydroxides (LSHs). The interlayer spacing of the hybrids depends on the peptide chain length; the dependence is specific for the copper and cobalt-based hybrids. This suggests a metal-or LSH-specific interaction of the peptides with the respective inorganic layers. When tyrosine is present in the peptide, its fluorescence is quenched after grafting the peptide to the LSH. Studies of the luminescence vs. pH indicate deprotonation of the tyrosine moieties to tyrosinate at high pH, accompanied by the onset of luminescence. The luminescence increases with increasing OH- concentration, suggesting an application of the hybrids as chemical sensors. Moreover, the peptides influence the magnetic properties of the hybrids. The copper-based hybrids behave antiferromagnetically and the cobalt-based hybrids are ferrimagnets.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{MantionGrafFloreaetal.2011,
  author    = {Mantion, Alexandre and Graf, Philipp and Florea, Ileana and Haase, Andrea and Thuenemann, Andreas F. and Masic, Admir and Ersen, Ovidiu and Rabu, Pierre and Meier, Wolfgang P. and Luch, Andreas and Taubert, Andreas},
  title     = {Biomimetic synthesis of chiral erbium-doped silver/peptide/silica core-shell nanoparticles (ESPN)},
  series = {Nanoscale},
  volume    = {3},
  journal   = {Nanoscale},
  number    = {12},
  publisher = {Royal Society of Chemistry},
  address   = {Cambridge},
  issn      = {2040-3364},
  doi       = {10.1039/c1nr10930h},
  pages     = {5168 -- 5179},
  year      = {2011},
  abstract  = {Peptide-modified silver nanoparticles have been coated with an erbium-doped silica layer using a method inspired by silica biomineralization. Electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering confirm the presence of an Ag/peptide core and silica shell. The erbium is present as small Er(2)O(3) particles in and on the silica shell. Raman, IR, UV-Vis, and circular dichroism spectroscopies show that the peptide is still present after shell formation and the nanoparticles conserve a chiral plasmon resonance. Magnetic measurements find a paramagnetic behavior. In vitro tests using a macrophage cell line model show that the resulting multicomponent nanoparticles have a low toxicity for macrophages, even on partial dissolution of the silica shell.},
  language  = {en}
}