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Au-nanoparticle nanowires based on DNA and polylysine templates

Fernando Patolsky, Yossi Weizmann, Oleg Lioubashevski, Itamar Willner

A crop of gold circles and lines: Psoralen-functionalized Au nanoparticles incorporated into DNA, and Au-nanoparticle-functionalized poly-L-lysine, yield linear and circular nanowires, respectively, on mica surfaces (see atomic force microscopy images).

Publication language English
Pages 2323-2327
Journal Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Volume 41
Issue number 13
Publication status Published - 02.07.2002

Keywords

DNA
Gold
Intercalation
Nanoparticles
Nanostructures
Nanowires

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Catalysis
General Chemistry