A new strategy improves assembly efficiency of DNA mono-modified gold nanoparticles†
Ping Chen,Yawei Sun,Yang Yang,Yuanchen Dong,Lijin Xu,Zhongqiang Yang,Dongsheng Liu
Chemical Communications Pub Date : 04/15/2011 00:00:00 , DOI:10.1039/C1CC11337B
Abstract
We report a new strategy to prepare DNA mono-modified gold nanoparticles (AuNPs). By adding a short rigid duplex proximal to the AuNPs, the assembly efficiency of DNA mono-modified AuNPs with Y-shaped DNA could be improved nearly 6-fold.
