title: Tuning and assembling metal nanostructures with DNA.
abstract: Here, we highlight the strategies for the synthesis and tuning of a variety of metal nanostructures and nanoassemblies with oligonucleotides and their applications. We have discussed the importance of and need for various metal nanostructures and the role and suitability of DNA in building these nanostructures and nanoassemblies. A large part of this article is devoted to the discussion of DNA-mediated synthetic methods for metal nanostructures. The synthetic strategies are categorized into two groups - strategy 1 that uses DNA as the ligand for metal nanoparticles and subsequent assembly or modification and strategy 2 that uses DNA template-directed assemblies of metal nanoparticles.
authors: Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 599 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, South Korea.
authors: Amit
authors: A
authors: Kumar
authors: Jae-Ho
authors: JH
authors: Hwang
authors: Sumit
authors: S
authors: Kumar
authors: Jwa-Min
authors: JM
authors: Nam
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D053768:Metal Nanoparticles / Q000737:chemistry*; D008958:Models, Molecular; D010316:Particle Size; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004247:DNA