Simple engineering of hybrid cellulose nanocrystal-gold nanoparticles results in a functional glyconanomaterial with biomolecular recognition properties

Giacomo Biagiotti, Gianluca Toniolo, Martin Albino, Mirko Severi, Patrizia Andreozzi, Marcello Marelli, Hana Kokot, Giancarlo Tria, Annalisa Guerri, Claudio Sangregorio, Javier Rojo, Debora Berti, Marco Marradi, Stefano Cicchi, Iztok Urbančič, Yvette van Kooyk, Fabrizio Chiodo, Barbara Richichi

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Abstract

Cellulose nanocrystal and gold nanoparticles are assembled, in a unique way, to yield a novel modular glyconanomaterial whose surface is then easily engineered with one or two different headgroups, by exploiting a robust click chemistry route. We demonstrate the potential of this approach by conjugating monosaccharide headgroups to the glyconanomaterial and show that the sugars retain their binding capability to C-type lectin receptors, as also directly visualized by cryo-TEM.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)776-782
Number of pages7
JournalNanoscale Horizons
Volume8
Issue number6
Early online date2023
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Mar 2023

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