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Long‐Term Structural and Chemical Stability of DNA in Hydrated Ionic Liquids
Author(s) -
Vijayaraghavan Ranganathan,
Izgorodin Aleksey,
Ganesh Venkatraman,
Surianarayanan Mahadevan,
MacFarlane Douglas R.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200906610
Subject(s) - ionic liquid , ionic bonding , dna , molecule , chemistry , chemical engineering , term (time) , materials science , organic chemistry , ion , biochemistry , physics , engineering , catalysis , quantum mechanics
Storage solutions : DNA is shown to be soluble in a variety of choline‐based, hydrated ionic liquids (ILs; see picture). The IL‐stored DNA molecules have exceptional long‐term stability, in excess of one year.