Understanding the bio-physical–chemical interactions at nanostructured biointerfaces and
the assembly mechanisms of so-called hybrid nano-composites is nowadays a key issue for …

The gold–sulphur interface of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) was extensively studied
some time ago. More recently tremendous progress has been made in the preparation and …

Both surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy (SERS) experiments and density functional
theory (DFT) calculations have been carried out to investigate the adsorption of cysteine on …

We have investigated the controversy surrounding the (3× 3) R 30° structure of self-
assembled monolayers of methylthiolate on Au (111) by first principles molecular dynamics …

The interaction of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) with cysteine and its derivatives is the basis of
a number of bionanotechnologies, and for these, the most important process is aggregation …

The engineering of complex architectures from functional molecules on surfaces provides
new pathways to control matter at the nanoscale. In this article, we present a combined study …

Thiols adsorbed on noble metals are prominent model systems for self-assembly and
nanotechnology research. l-cysteine is the only proteinogenic amino acid containing a thiol …

Catalytic nanoparticles are heterogeneous in their nature and even within the simplest
particle various surface sites exist and influence the catalytic reactivity. Thus, detailed …

We report the results of a synchrotron-based high-resolution XPS study of the interaction of L-
cysteine (Cys) with well-characterized colloidal gold nanoparticles (NPs, typical size 3–4 …

The adsorption of cysteine onto the intrinsically chiral gold surface, Au (321) R, S, was
investigated by means of a periodic supercell density functional theory approach. The …