title: End-to-end assembly of gold nanorods by means of oligonucleotide-mercury(II) molecular recognition.
abstract: We report a novel, simple, highly selective and versatile approach for the end-to-end assembly of gold nanorods (GNRs) by means of the specific molecular recognition between thymine-rich (T-rich) oligonucleotides and mercury(II).
authors.affiliation: Education Ministry Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Yuan Fang
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jian
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: You
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sang
authors.forename: Cheng Zhi
authors.initials: CZ
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D009841:Oligonucleotides; D006046:Gold; D008628:Mercury