Open AccessPhotocurrent responses from pyrene-modified RNA duplexes on gold surface
Author(s) -
Kenji Maie,
Megumi Nakamura,
Kazushige Yamana
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
nucleic acids symposium series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1746-8272
pISSN - 0261-3166
DOI - 10.1093/nass/nrm160
Subject(s) - photocurrent , pyrene , monolayer , photochemistry , chemistry , rna , duplex (building) , self assembled monolayer , materials science , optoelectronics , biochemistry , organic chemistry , dna , gene
The self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of RNA duplex containing pyrenylmethyl group(s) at the 2'-O-position(s) were prepared. Photo-irradiation of the pyrene-RNA SAMs in the presence of methyl viologen as an electron carrier efficiently generated cathodic photocurrent.
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