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Selective dsDNA‐Templated Formation of Copper Nanoparticles in Solution
Author(s) -
Rotaru Alexandru,
Dutta Subrata,
Jentzsch Elmar,
Gothelf Kurt,
Mokhir Andriy
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.200907256
Subject(s) - nanoparticle , copper , linker , dna , nanostructure , nanotechnology , double stranded , scheme (mathematics) , computer science , chemistry , combinatorial chemistry , crystallography , materials science , biochemistry , mathematics , organic chemistry , mathematical analysis , operating system
A helping strand : A method to selectively form copper nanoparticles in solution using double‐stranded DNA has been developed. The size of the nanoparticles is controlled by the length of the dsDNA template, and single‐stranded DNA did not act as a template (see scheme). Single‐stranded overhangs in dsDNA were used to prepare a nanostructure in which two metallized dsDNA segments were linked together by a nonmetallized rigid linker.