Team:BIOTEC Dresden/Notebook SilverNano

Silver Nano Particles

Strategy

Unique peptides have been found capable of nucleating metal atoms, spurred by an interest in biomineralization by the prospect of nanoscale building. We use a twelve amino-acid long silver binding peptide that has been identified by combinatorial screening to nucleate silver nanoparticles. The peptide is tagged with GFP so that it can be monitored along the flow chamber. Several protocols to bio-synthesize silver nanoparticles were tried in parallel, and absorbance of various samples were measured using spectrophotometry.

Methods

Here the basic ideas are introduced.

Results

Lab notes and obtained results.