Issue 5, 2007
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Chemical Communications

pH-driven conformational switch of “i-motif” DNA for the reversible assembly of gold nanoparticles†

Jaswinder Sharma,a   Rahul Chhabra,a   Hao Yana  and  Yan Liu*a  

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a Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, Tempe, USA
E-mail: yan_liu @asu.edu
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Abstract

Herein we demonstrate that gold nanoparticles conjugated to “i-motif” DNA behave like a pH dependent switch that undergoes reversible aggregations which can be easily visualized by the naked eye.

Graphical abstract: pH-driven conformational switch of “i-motif” DNA for the reversible assembly of gold nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B612707J
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Sep 2006
Accepted
03 Oct 2006
First published
03 Nov 2006

Chem. Commun., 2007, 477-479

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pH-driven conformational switch of “i-motif” DNA for the reversible assembly of gold nanoparticles

J. Sharma, R. Chhabra, H. Yan and Y. Liu, Chem. Commun., 2007, 477 DOI: 10.1039/B612707J

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