0000000000069646
AUTHOR
Maria C. Asensio
GraftFast Surface Engineering to Improve MOF Nanoparticles Furtiveness
International audience; Controlling the outer surface of nanometric metal–organic frameworks (nanoMOFs) and further understanding the in vivo effect of the coated material are crucial for the convenient biomedical applications of MOFs. However, in most studies, the surface modification protocol is often associated with significant toxicity and/or lack of selectivity. As an alternative, how the highly selective and general grafting GraftFast method leads, through a green and simple process, to the successful attachment of multifunctional biopolymers (polyethylene glycol (PEG) and hyaluronic acid) on the external surface of nanoMOFs is reported. In particular, effectively PEGylated iron trime…
Metal-Organic Framework Surface Functionalization: GraftFast Surface Engineering to Improve MOF Nanoparticles Furtiveness (Small 40/2018)
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Photoelectron lifetime determination of Ag(1 1 1) films at the Fermi surface
The electronic properties of 10 monolayers Ag(111) films deposited onto Si(111)-7 x 7 substrates at room temperature have been studied by scanning the photoelectron intensity at the Fermi level in different symmetry directions. The main features observed in these profiles correspond to Lorentzian-like peaks produced by the pass of the sp band through the Fermi level. A simple model has been developed, which connects the photoemission peak linewidth with the lifetime of photoelectrons excited from the Fermi level. The obtained inverse photoelectron lifetime values have been found to be in excellent agreement with the typical values of the Ag single crystals. These results support the fact th…