Chemical Communications 2011-10-14

Nitric oxide-releasing ruthenium nanoparticles.

Chi-Ming Ho, Kai-Jun Liao, Chun-Nam Lok, Chi-Ming Che

Index: Chem. Commun. (Camb.) 47(38) , 10776-8, (2011)

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Abstract

Nitric oxide-releasing ruthenium nanoparticles were synthesized by the reaction of alkanethiolate-protected ruthenium nanoparticles with tert-butyl nitrite ((t)BuONO), and their water-soluble derivatives are able to deliver NO to proteins such as reduced myoglobin upon light irradiation in aqueous media.This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2011