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Chem. Commun., 2004, 2866 - 2867, DOI: 10.1039/b408972c

Light-induced inhibition of chymotrypsin using photocleavable monolayers on gold nanoparticles

Nicholas O. Fischer, Ralph Paulini, Ulf Drechsler and Vincent M. Rotello

Positively charged gold nanoparticles featuring photocleavable units within their surrounding monolayer are switched from non-interacting species to inhibitors of chymotrypsin through UV irradiation.

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