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Inside Front Cover: Anatomy and Growth Characteristics of Conjugated Polyelectrolyte/DNA Aggregates (Adv. Funct. Mater. 22/2008)
Author(s) -
Chi Chunyan,
Chworos Arkadiusz,
Zhang Jinping,
Mikhailovsky Alexander,
Bazan Guillermo C.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
advanced functional materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.069
H-Index - 322
eISSN - 1616-3028
pISSN - 1616-301X
DOI - 10.1002/adfm.200890091
Subject(s) - polyelectrolyte , materials science , conjugated system , cationic polymerization , dna , atomic force microscopy , nanotechnology , front cover , biophysics , chemical engineering , chemical physics , polymer chemistry , cover (algebra) , polymer , chemistry , biology , composite material , biochemistry , engineering , mechanical engineering
Electrostatic complexes containing cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes and DNA form the basis of optically amplified identification and quantification assays. A combination of optical and liquid phase atomic force microscopy, reported by C. Chi et al. on page 3606 , has revealed for the first time the size distribution of these electrostatic aggregates and that their growth process is dynamic. This insight provides directions for further increasing the sensitivity of detection protocols.