title: Nucleic acid detection using single-walled carbon nanohorns as a fluorescent sensing platform.
abstract: In this communication, we demonstrate for the first time the proof of concept that single-walled carbon nanohorns can be used as an effective fluorescent sensing platform for nucleic acid detection with a high selectivity down to single-base mismatch.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, China.
authors.forename: Shuyun
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Zhongyuan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Shuang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Han
authors.forename: Lianzhe
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Hu
authors.forename: Guobao
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D020137:Base Pair Mismatch; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002244:Carbon / Q000737:chemistry*; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis*; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods*
chemical_list: D002244:Carbon; D004247:DNA