title: Use of oligonucleotides carrying photolabile groups for the control of the deposition of nanoparticles in surfaces and nanoparticle association.
abstract: An oligodeoxynucleotide hairpin containing a photolabile 2-nitrobenzyl group in the loop and terminated with a thiol function was prepared. The photocleavage of such a hairpin on gold yields a surface activated with a single stranded oligonucleotide which can be utilised to direct the assembly of nanoparticles conjugated with a complementary strand. Analysis of photocleaved surfaces gives nanoparticle coverage one order of magnitude higher than nonphotocleaved surfaces. This illustrates the ability of photocleavable hairpins to direct the assembly of nanomaterials on conducting materials. The conjugation of the photocleavable hairpin to a gold nanoparticle allows the observation of intermolecular interactions between hairpins linked in different nanoparticles, by comparing the thermal dissociations of a hairpin-nanoparticle conjugates at 260 nm and 520 nm. We have also shown that it is possible to permanently alter the physiochemical properties of DNA-nanoparticles by the introduction of a photocleavable group. Indeed for the first time it has been shown that by exposure to UV light the disassembly of nanoparticle aggregates can be induced.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Research in Biomedicine, Baldiri Reixac 10, Barcelona E-08028, Spain; E-Mail:  Brendan.manning@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Brendan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Manning
authors.forename: Ramon
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eritja
mesh_terms: D006046:Gold / Q000737:chemistry; D061925:Immobilized Nucleic Acids / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D009841:Oligonucleotides / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D010316:Particle Size; D010782:Photolysis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D013696:Temperature; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D061925:Immobilized Nucleic Acids; D009841:Oligonucleotides; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D006046:Gold
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