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Assembly of quantum dots on peptide nanostructures and their spectroscopic properties

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We present a chemical process for the decoration of self-assembled two-dimensional peptide fibrils with two different sizes of CdSe@ZnS core–shell quantum dots (Qdots) capped with trioctylphosphine oxide molecules. The attachment of the semiconducting nanoparticles to the fibrils is directed via disulfide bond between the quantum dot and cysteine aminoacids that are deliberately impeded in the peptide structures. A significant red shift in the emission spectra of the quantum dots is observed and attributed to the synergistic interaction between adjacent nanoparticles arranged on peptide film templates extending over hundreds of nanometers.

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Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the European Commission through the STREP project BeNATURAL (Grant no NMP4-CT-2006-033256) and Marie-Curie Transfer of Knowledge program NANOTAIL (Grant no. MTKD-CT-2006-042459). We thank Dr. M. Mitrakas and Dr. K. Simeonidis for the atomic absorption spectroscopy measurements. We are grateful to Ms. Alexandra Siakouli-Galanopoulou for expert technical assistance with TEM measurements.

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  1. Department of Materials Science and Technology, University of Crete, Vassilika Vouton, P.O. Box 2208, 710 03, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Emmanouil Kasotakis, Nikos Pelekanos & Anna Mitraki

  2. Institute of Electronic Structure and Laser, Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Vassilika Vouton, 711 10, Heraklion, Crete, Greece

    Emmanouil Kasotakis, Athanasia Kostopoulou, Miguel Spuch-Calvar, Maria Androulidaki, Nikos Pelekanos, Alexandros Lappas & Anna Mitraki

  3. Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Physical Sciences and Engineering, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO171BJ, UK

    Antonios G. Kanaras

  4. Institute for Life Sciences, University of Southampton, Southampton, SO171BJ, UK

    Antonios G. Kanaras

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Kasotakis, E., Kostopoulou, A., Spuch-Calvar, M. et al. Assembly of quantum dots on peptide nanostructures and their spectroscopic properties. Appl. Phys. A 116, 977–985 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-014-8538-5

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