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Cover Picture: DNA Directed Self‐Assembly of Fluorescent Colloidal Semiconductor Quantum Dots and Plasmonic Metal Nanoparticles Heterogeneous Nanomaterials (Chin. J. Chem. 3/2016)
Author(s) -
Guo Yan,
Hu Yue,
Deng Zhengtao
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chinese journal of chemistry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 1614-7065
pISSN - 1001-604X
DOI - 10.1002/cjoc.201690007
Subject(s) - nanomaterials , quantum dot , nanotechnology , nanoparticle , dna origami , semiconductor , chemistry , plasmon , dna nanotechnology , fluorescence , plasmonic nanoparticles , dna , materials science , optoelectronics , nanostructure , physics , biochemistry , quantum mechanics
The cover picture highlights the recent progresses in DNA directed self‐assembly of colloidal semiconductor quantum dots and metallic nanoparticles heterogeneous nanomaterials. Semiconductor quantum dots and metal nanoparticles hybrids with controlled geometry, distance, and stoichiometry are crucial for the potential applications. While DNA nanotechnology, based on Watson‐Crick base‐pairing interactions between two single‐stranded DNAs, has provided unique opportunities to generate fully programmable, functional metal nanoparticles and semiconductor quantum dots hybrid nanomaterials, and offers precisely control over the spacing, orientation, and chirality of the components. We also discuss the challenges and the trends in DNA directed self‐assembly of semiconductor quantum dots and metallic nanoparticles hybrid nanomaterials. More details are discussed in the review by Deng et al . on page 259–264.