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Angew Chem Int Ed Engl. 2014 Aug 04;53(32):8363-6. doi: 10.1002/anie.201403567. Epub 2014 Jun 25.

One-step synthesis of collagen hybrid gold nanoparticles and formation on Egyptian-like gold-plated archaeological ivory.

Angewandte Chemie (International ed. in English)

Jolanda Spadavecchia, Emilande Apchain, Marie Albéric, Elisabeth Fontan, Ina Reiche

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  1. Laboratoire de réactivité de surface (LRS), UMR 7197 CNRS, Sorbonne Universités-UPMC University Paris VI, 75005 Paris (France).

PMID: 24966058 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201403567

Abstract

A one-step method is reported to synthesize hybrid gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) by reduction of HAuCl4 in acetic solution in the presence of collagen (Col), dicarboxylic acid-terminated polyethylene glycol (PEG), and cetyltetrammonium bromide (CTAB) mixed with hydoxyapatite (HAP) as surfactants. Such formation process of AuNPs was shown to be responsible for purple stains naturally formed on Egyptianizing archaeological gilded ivories from 8th BC Syria. The understanding of this formation mechanism, which most likely involves a step with hybrid AuNPs, allows the establishing of an authenticity marker of ancient gold-plated ivories.

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Keywords: archaeology; collagen; gold; hybrid nanoparticles; ivory

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