End-to-end assembly of gold nanorods by means of oligonucleotide-mercury(II) molecular recognition.
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).
Wang
Yi
Y
Education Ministry Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, PR China.
Li
Yuan Fang
YF
Wang
Jian
J
Sang
You
Y
Huang
Cheng Zhi
CZ
D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry*; D008628:Mercury / Q000737:chemistry*; D043942:Nanotubes / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*
D009841:Oligonucleotides; D006046:Gold; D008628:Mercury