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End-to-end assembly of gold nanorods by means of oligonucleotide–mercury(ii) molecular recognition

Yi Wang, Yuan Fang Li, Jian Wang, You Sang, Cheng Zhi Huang

Chemical Communications · 2010 · 93 citations · 27 references

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Abstract

We report a novel, simple, highly selective and versatile approach for the end-to-end assembly of gold nanorods (GNRs) by means of the specific molecular recognition between thymine-rich (T-rich) oligonucleotides and mercury(II).

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