Surface passivation improves the synthesis of highly stable and specific DNA-functionalized gold nanoparticles with variable DNA density

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 7033-7040

  Deka, Jashmini ^a   Měch, Rostislav ^b   Ianeselli, Luca ^a   Amenitsch, Heinz ^c   Cacho Nerin, Fernando ^c,d   Parisse, Pietro ^e   Casalis, Loredana ^a,e  

^a SINCROTRONE TRIESTE   (Italy)

^b BRNO UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^c GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^d DIAMOND LIGHT SOURCE LTD   (United Kingdom)

^e INSTM ST Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

DNA functionalization; gold nanoparticles; oligo ethylene glycol; salt stability; specificity; surface passivation; variable DNA density

Indexed keywords

ALIPHATIC COMPOUNDS; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FIBER OPTIC SENSORS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; METAL NANOPARTICLES; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; POLYOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY SCATTERING;

BIOSENSING APPLICATIONS; DNA DENSITY; DNA-FUNCTIONALIZED GOLD NANOPARTICLES; FUNCTIONALIZATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GOLD NANOPARTICLES; SPECIFICITY; SURFACE PASSIVATION; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETRY;

PASSIVATION;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION;

DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FLUORESCENCE; GOLD; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 84926364843     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01191     Document Type: Article

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