Essen, University, Diss., 2004--Duisburg.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Ohio State University, 2007. / Title from first page of PDF file. Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-151).

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We conducted a computational adsorption study of methylamine on various surface-models of gold nanoparticle which is facetted by multiple {111} and {100} planes. In addition to these flat surfaces, our models include the stepped surfaces (ridges) formed along the intersections of these planes. Binding on the flat surface was fairly weak, but substantially stronger on the ridges by an average of 4.4 kcal/mol. This finding supports the idea that ssDNA’s interaction with gold nanoparticles occurs through the amines on the purine/pyrrimidine rings. Also, this typically undesirable interaction between DNA and gold nanoparticles is expected to increase as the particle size decreases. Our analysis suggests that particle size is an important controlling parameter to reduce this interaction. / Singapore-MIT Alliance (SMA)

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Washington, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 179-191).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2007. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references.

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abstract: The Santa Gertrudis Mining District of Sonora, Mexico contains more than a dozen purported Carlin-like, sedimentary-hosted, disseminated-gold deposits. A series of near-surface, mostly oxidized gold deposits were open-pit mined from the calcareous and clastic units of the Cretaceous Bisbee Group. Gold occurs as finely disseminated, sub-micron coatings on sulfides, associated with argillization and silicification of calcareous, carbonaceous, and siliciclastic sedimentary rocks in structural settings. Gold occurs with elevated levels of As, Hg, Sb, Pb, and Zn. Downhole drill data within distal disseminated gold zones reveal a 5:1 ratio of Ag:Au and strong correlations of Au to Pb and Zn. This study explores the timing and structural control of mineralization utilizing field mapping, geochemical studies, drilling, core logging, and structural analysis. Most field evidence indicates that mineralization is related to a single pulse of moderately differentiated, Eocene intrusives described as Mo-Cu-Au skarn with structurally controlled distal disseminated As-Ag-Au. / Dissertation/Thesis / M.S. Geological Sciences 2011

O objetivo deste estudo foi sintetizar nanopartículas de ouro (AuNPs) em meio aquoso, transferí-las para diferentes meios orgânicos, e avaliar sua estabilidade (não-agregação) nesses meios, com o intuito de otimizar a exploração de suas propriedades ópticas. Foi utilizado o ácido tetracloroáurico (HAuCl4) como precursor de ouro metálico em meio aquoso e fez-se a transferência para clorofórmio (CHCl3) e diclorometano (CH2Cl2). Como agente de transferência, utilizou-se o polietilenoglicol tiolado (PEGSH) junto com o dodecanotiol (DDT). O PEG-SH foi adicionado na fase aquosa para evitar a agregação das AuNPs, assim como em fase orgânica, o DDT foi adicionado como agente estabilizador, pois sua cadeia alifática promove interações hidrofóbicas entre as partículas. Avaliou-se dois diâmetros médios de nanopartículas. A eficiência de transferência e a distribuição de tamanho das AuNPs foram estudadas utilizando a espectroscopia UV-Vis, espalhamento dinâmica de luz e microscopia eletrônica de transmissão. As nanopartículas denominadas AuNPs1 apresentaram AbsRPLS média de 0,8314 em ʎmédio = 521 nm e as AuNPs2 AbsRPLS média de 1,2643 em ʎmédio = 526 nm. Quando as AuNPs foram transferidas para solventes orgânicos, os espectros de absorção obtidos por UV-Vis apresentaram deslocamento da banda RPLS para o vermelho, em CHCl3, ʎAuNPs1 = 531 nm e ʎAuNPs2 = 534 nm; em CH2Cl2, ambas as soluções apresentaram ʎ = 530 nm. Este deslocamento é um dos fatores que indicaram a não-agregação das AuNPs. Em DLS, foi confirmada a nãoagregação. Em CHCl3, as AuNPs1 apresentaram eficiência de transferência de 97,27% e as AuNPs 98,88%, enquanto, em diclorometano, apenas 80,21% das AuNPs foram transferidas. As AuNPs apresentaram ao longo do tempo maior estabilidade em CHCl3 do que em CH2Cl2. Após a transferência para o CHCl3, as AuNPs foram separadas deste solvente e redissolvidas em outros solventes orgânicos com diferentes índices de refração: álcool benzílico, etanol e dimetilsulfóxido (DMSO). As AuNPS permaneceram visivelmente estáveis somente em álcool benzílico, pois nos outros solventes foi observado que a solução coloidal apresentou perda da coloração e por UV-Vis foi verificada a diminuição da banda da RPLS em DMSO e a ausência em etanol. / The objective of this study was to synthesize gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) in aqueous media, transfer them to different organic media, and evaluate their stability (non-aggregation) in these media, in order to optimize the exploration of their optical properties. Tetrachlorouric acid was used as the gold precursor in aqueous medium and transferred to chloroform (CHCl3) and dichloromethane (CH2Cl2). As the transfer agent, thiolated polyethylene glycol (PEG-SH) was used along with dodecanethiol (DDT). PEG-SH was added in the aqueous phase to prevent AuNPs from aggregating, as well as in the organic phase, DDT was added as a stabilizing agent because its aliphatic chain promotes hydrophobic interactions between the particles. Two average nanoparticle diameters were evaluated. The transfer efficiency and size distribution of the AuNPs were studied using UV-Vis spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering and transmission electron microscopy. The nanoparticles named AuNPs1 presented mean AbsRPLS of 0,8314 in ʎmedium = 521 nm and the AuNPs2 AbsLSPR mean of 1,2643 in ʎmedium = 526 nm. When the AuNPs were transferred to organic solvents, the absorption spectra obtained by UV-Vis showed red band shift in CHCl3, ʎAuNPs1 = 531 nm and ʎAuNPs2 = 534 nm; in CH2Cl2, both solutions showed ʎ = 530 nm. This displacement is one of the factors that indicated the non-aggregation of AuNPs. In DLS, non-aggregation was confirmed. In CHCl3, AuNPs1 showed transfer efficiency of 97,27% and AuNPs 98.88%, while in dichloromethane only 80,21% of AuNPs were transferred. AuNPs showed greater stability over time in CHCl3 than in CH2Cl2. After transfer to CHCl3, the AuNPs were separated from this solvent and redissolved in other organic solvents with different refractive indexes: benzyl alcohol, ethanol and dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO). The AuNPS remained visibly stable only in benzyl alcohol, because in the other solvents it was observed that the colloidal solution showed a loss of coloration and, by UV-Vis, the reduction of the LSPR band in DMSO and absence in ethanol was verified.