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Cover Picture: Supramolecular Electrostatic Nanoassemblies for Bacterial Forensics (Chem. Eur. J. 3/2012)
Author(s) -
Duarte Aidee,
Slutsky Morris,
Hanrahan Grady,
Mello Charlene M.,
Bazan Guillermo C.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201290005
Subject(s) - supramolecular chemistry , fluorophore , mesoporous silica , nanoparticle , mesoporous material , nanotechnology , materials science , fluorescence , cationic polymerization , chemistry , molecule , polymer chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Electrostatic nanoassemblies of cationic conjugated oligoelectrolytes and fluorescein‐tagged ssDNA were used to characterize the growth conditions of Escherichia coli ; this is described in the Communication by G. Hanrahan, C. M. Mello, G. C. Bazan et al. on page 756 ff. The nanoassemblies interacted with the bacteria and yielded a modified photoluminescence response. The collective response of five nanoassemblies produced unique signature patterns for Escherichia coli cultured under different growth conditions.