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Gold Nanoparticle 3D‐DNA Building Blocks: High Purity Preparation and Use for Modular Access to Nanoparticle Assemblies
Author(s) -
Lau Kai Lin,
Hamblin Graham D.,
Sleiman Hanadi F.
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
small
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.785
H-Index - 236
eISSN - 1613-6829
pISSN - 1613-6810
DOI - 10.1002/smll.201301562
Subject(s) - nanotechnology , nanoelectronics , nanoparticle , materials science , nanophotonics , modular design , conjugated system , colloidal gold , dna , polymer , computer science , chemistry , composite material , operating system , biochemistry
Using highly functional ‘building‐blocks’ of AuNPs mono‐conjugated to three‐dimensional DNA ‘rung’ structures , both discrete and extended linear assemblies are controllably prepared via addition of various templating backbone strands. This unique approach presents a facile alternative to other methods of AuNP organization through DNA, and has potential utility in the fields of nanophotonics and nanoelectronics.