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Diatoms – A “Green” Way to Biosynthesize Gold-Silica Nanocomposites?

  • Nathalie Pytlik , Daniel Butscher , Susanne Machill and Eike Brunner EMAIL logo
Published/Copyright: March 21, 2018
Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie
From the journal Zeitschrift für Physikalische Chemie Volume 232 Issue 9-11

Abstract

Biosynthesis by diatoms provides a green approach for nanoparticle (NP) production. However, reproducible and homogeneous shapes are essential for their application. To improve these characteristics during biosynthesis, the underlying synthesis mechanisms as well as involved substances need to be understood. The first essential step for suitable analyses is the purification of Au-silica-nanocomposites from organic biomass. Succesfully cleaned nanocomposites could, for example, be useful as catalysts. In combination with the biosynthesized NPs, this material presents a “green” catalyst and could contribute to the currently thriving green nanochemistry. In this work, we compare different purification agents with respect to their ability to purify cells of the diatom Stephanopyxis turris without separating the biosynthesized Au-silica-nanocomposites from the diatom cell walls. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) are used to localize and identify Au-silica-nanocomposites around the cells. The amount of remaining organic compounds on the purified cell is detected by attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy. Furthermore, inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES) is used to track the “gold path” during cell growth and the different purifications steps.

Keywords: diatom; gold nanoparticle; green chemistry; ICP-OES; infrared spectroscopy; nanocomposite; nanoparticle biosynthesis

Acknowledgement

The authors wish to thank A. Brünner and M. Lê Anh (Inorganic Chemistry, TU Dresden) for SEM and EDX and R. Schulze (Bioanalytical Chemistry, TU Dresden) for ICP-OES measurements and continuative discussion of the results. Furthermore, thanks are due to B. Klemmed (Physical Chemistry, TU Dresden) for TEM measurements. Financial support from the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (grants no. BR1278/22-1 and BR1278/25-3) is gratefully acknowledged.

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Supplementary Material:

The online version of this article offers supplementary material (https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2018-1141).

Received: 2018-02-05
Accepted: 2018-02-23
Published Online: 2018-03-21
Published in Print: 2018-08-28

©2018 Walter de Gruyter GmbH, Berlin/Boston

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https://doi.org/10.1515/zpch-2018-1141
Keywords for this article
diatom; gold nanoparticle; green chemistry; ICP-OES; infrared spectroscopy; nanocomposite; nanoparticle biosynthesis

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