DNA-based assembly of gold nanocrystals

Angewandte Chemie - International Edition

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1808-1812

  Loweth, Colin J ^a   Brett Caldwell, W ^a   Peng, Xiaogang ^a,b   Alivisatos, A Paul ^a,b   Schultz, Peter G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA structures; Gold; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

BUFFER; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; GOLD; LIGAND; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CRYSTAL; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0033553814     PISSN: 14337851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1521-3773(19990614)38:12<1808::aid-anie1808>3.3.co;2-3     Document Type: Article

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