New morphology of palladium nanoparticles is demonstrated by utilizing the interaction of amino acid and palladium metallic surface. Chiral cysteine molecules induce chiral spiral structure evolution. The resulting spiral palladium nanoparticles show rotational direction preference with respect to the handedness of the added cysteine molecule. The strong correlation of the resulting morphologies with surfactant and cysteine concentration exists for effective generation of chirality. Synthesized chiral palladium nanoparticles are around 100 nm sized cubic based nanoparticles with each face of the cube containing a spiral structure. Generation of nanoparticle morphology is studied through growth of time‐dependent morphology evolution with statistical analysis of spiral structure formation. The reported synthesis method can provide a new route to nanomaterial design for enantioselective catalysis and sensing.
Heavy metals including Lead (Pb), Cadmium (Cd), Arsenic (As) and Aluminium (Al) were analysed in oilseeds, noodles, tea leaves and their processed or cooked products to study the effects of food processing methods on migration of heavy metals. The heavy metals were determined with ICP-MS and ICP-OES following microwave-assisted acid digestion. Heavy metals in oilseeds, noodles and teas were reduced by extracting oils, boiling noodles, and infusing teas. And the transfer of heavy metals into boiling water and infusion tea was increased as the boiling and infusion time is increased. Heavy metals in foods are water soluble and heavy metals in foods would be decreased when foods are processed or cooked with water. Furthermore, it is needed to determine the migration rates in other cooked foods and assess the risk of heavy metals with concentrations calculated by the migration rates.
Finding a novel method to generate a chiral plasmonic material has been highlighted in the last decades for its unique light‐matter interactions. Recently, an aqueous based peptide directed synthesis of chiral plasmonic gold nanoparticle with exceptional chiroptic response has been reported. Especially, the facile and precise control of chirality using biomolecules allows potential expansion of chiral metamaterial synthesis. In this work, we show a significant enhancement of chiroptic response by simultaneous introduction of multiple bio‐molecular chiral modifiers, glutathione and homooligonucleotide containing thymine. Compared to previously synthesized single chiral plasmonic nanoparticles using only glutathione molecules, further addition of an oligonucleotide into the growth solution induces a two‐fold increase of dissymmetric factor. We believe that the presented synthetic method proposes an effective route of chiral metamaterial morphology and property control for versatile applications.
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