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Lermusiaux L, Funston AM. Plasmonic isomers via DNA-based self-assembly of gold nanoparticles. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:19557-19567. [PMID: 30324955 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr05509b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Developments in DNA nanotechnology offer control of the self-assembly of materials into discrete nanostructures. Within this paradigm, pre-assembled DNA origami with hundreds of DNA strands allows for precise and programmable spatial positioning of functionalised nanoparticles. We propose an alternative approach to construct multiple, structurally different, nanoparticle assemblies from just a few complementary nanoparticle-functionalised DNA strands. The approach exploits local minima in the potential energy landscape of hybridised nanoparticle-DNA structures by employing kinetic control of the assembly. Using a four-strand DNA template, we synthesise five different 3D gold nanoparticle (plasmonic) tetrameric isomers, akin to molecular structural isomers. The number of different structures formed using this approach for a set of DNA strands represents a combinatorial library, which we summarise in a hybridisation pathway tree and use to achieve deposition of tetrahedral assemblies onto substrates in high yield. The ability to program nanoparticle self-assembly pathways gives unprecedented access to unique plasmonic nanostructures.
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Affiliation(s)
- Laurent Lermusiaux
- ARC Centre of Excellence in Exciton Science and School of Chemistry, Monash University, Clayton, VIC 3800, Australia.
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Okochi KD, Monfregola L, Dickerson SM, McCaffrey R, Domaille DW, Yu C, Hafenstine GR, Jin Y, Cha JN, Kuchta RD, Caruthers M, Zhang W. Synthesis of Small-Molecule/DNA Hybrids through On-Bead Amide-Coupling Approach. J Org Chem 2017; 82:10803-10811. [PMID: 28282138 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.6b02942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Small molecule/DNA hybrids (SMDHs) have been considered as nanoscale building blocks for engineering 2D and 3D supramolecular DNA assembly. Herein, we report an efficient on-bead amide-coupling approach to prepare SMDHs with multiple oligodeoxynucleotide (ODN) strands. Our method is high yielding under mild and user-friendly conditions with various organic substrates and homo- or mixed-sequenced ODNs. Metal catalysts and moisture- and air-free conditions are not required. The products can be easily analyzed by LC-MS with accurate mass resolution. We also explored nanometer-sized shape-persistent macrocycles as novel multitopic organic linkers to prepare SMDHs. SMDHs bearing up to six ODNs were successfully prepared through the coupling of arylenethynylene macrocycles with ODNs, which were used to mediate the assembly of gold nanoparticles.
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- Kenji D Okochi
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and ‡Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, Colorado 80309, United States
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Hu B, Cheng R, Liu X, Pan X, Kong F, Gao W, Xu K, Tang B. A nanosensor for in vivo selenol imaging based on the formation of Au-Se bonds. Biomaterials 2016; 92:81-9. [PMID: 27043769 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2016.03.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2015] [Revised: 03/17/2016] [Accepted: 03/17/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Selenol is a key metabolite of Na2SeO3 and plays an important role in many physiological and pathological processes. The real-time monitoring of selenol is of scientific interest for understanding the anti-cancer mechanism of Na2SeO3. Based on selenol's ability to specifically break AuS bonds and form more stable AuSe bonds on the surfaces of gold nanoparticles (AuNPs), we developed a novel near-infrared fluorescent nanosensor (Cy5.5-peptide-AuNPs) for detecting selenol. The nanosensor exhibited rapid response to selenol with high selectivity and sensitivity, and it was successfully used to image changes in the selenol level in HepG2 cells during Na2SeO3-induced apoptosis. Moreover, in vivo fluorescence imaging of selenol was obtained from H22 tumor-bearing mice injected with both the nanosensor and sodium selenite. The results showed that the tumor cell apoptosis induced by Na2SeO3 is correlated with high-level of selenol under hypoxic conditions. We believe that this nanosensor could serve as a powerful tool for monitoring selenol and exploring the physiological function of selenol in a variety of physiological and pathological contexts and that the probe-designed strategy will provide a new platform for research on relevant selenium chemistry.
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- Bo Hu
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China.
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Collaborative Innovation Center of Functionalized Probes for Chemical Imaging in Universities of Shandong, Key Laboratory of Molecular and Nano Probes, Ministry of Education, Shandong Provincial Key Laboratory of Clean Production of Fine Chemicals, Shandong Normal University, Jinan, 250014, PR China.
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He L, Mao C, Cho S, Ma K, Xi W, Bowman CN, Park W, Cha JN. Experimental and theoretical photoluminescence studies in nucleic acid assembled gold-upconverting nanoparticle clusters. NANOSCALE 2015; 7:17254-17260. [PMID: 26427014 DOI: 10.1039/c5nr05035a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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Combinations of rare earth doped upconverting nanoparticles (UCNPs) and gold nanostructures are sought as nanoscale theranostics due to their ability to convert near infrared (NIR) photons into visible light and heat, respectively. However, because the large NIR absorption cross-section of the gold coupled with their thermo-optical properties can significantly hamper the photoluminescence of UCNPs, methods to optimize the ratio of gold nanostructures to UCNPs must be developed and studied. We demonstrate here nucleic acid assembly methods to conjugate spherical gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) and gold nanostars (AuNSs) to silica-coated UCNPs and probe the effect on photoluminescence. These studies showed that while UCNP fluorescence enhancement was observed from the AuNPs conjugated UCNPs, AuNSs tended to quench fluorescence. However, conjugating lower ratios of AuNSs to UCNPs led to reduced quenching. Simulation studies both confirmed the experimental results and demonstrated that the orientation and distance of the UCNP with respect to the core and arms of the gold nanostructures played a significant role in PL. In addition, the AuNS-UCNP assemblies were able to cause rapid gains in temperature of the surrounding medium enabling their potential use as a photoimaging-photodynamic-photothermal agent.
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- Liangcan He
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, USA
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Lermusiaux L, Maillard V, Bidault S. Widefield spectral monitoring of nanometer distance changes in DNA-templated plasmon rulers. ACS NANO 2015; 9:978-990. [PMID: 25565325 DOI: 10.1021/nn506947g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The nanometer-scale sensitivity of electromagnetic plasmon coupling allows the translation of minute morphological changes in nanostructures into macroscopic optical signals. We demonstrate here a widefield spectral analysis of 40 nm diameter gold nanoparticle (AuNP) dimers, linked by a short DNA double strand, using a low-cost color CCD camera and allowing a quantitative estimation of interparticle distances in a 3-20 nm range. This analysis can be extended to lower spacings and a parallel monitoring of dimer orientations by performing a simple polarization analysis. Our measurement approach is calibrated against confocal scattering spectroscopy using AuNP dimers that are distorted from a stretched geometry at low ionic strength to touching particles at high salt concentrations. We then apply it to identify dimers featuring two different conformations of the same DNA template and discuss the parallel colorimetric sensing of short sequence-specific DNA single strands using dynamic plasmon rulers.
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- Laurent Lermusiaux
- ESPCI ParisTech, PSL Research University, CNRS, INSERM, Institut Langevin, 1 rue Jussieu, F-75005 Paris, France
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Zhou T, Dong B, Qi H, Lau HK, Li CY. One-step formation of responsive "dumbbell" nanoparticle dimers via quasi-two-dimensional polymer single crystals. NANOSCALE 2014; 6:4551-4554. [PMID: 24667970 DOI: 10.1039/c4nr00501e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We present a facile approach to synthesize "dumbbell" nanoparticle dimers via one-step coupling of nanoparticles and quasi-two-dimensional polymer single crystals. These dimers exhibit responsive properties enabled by flexible polymeric linkers.
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- Tian Zhou
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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Wang F, Lu CH, Willner I. From cascaded catalytic nucleic acids to enzyme-DNA nanostructures: controlling reactivity, sensing, logic operations, and assembly of complex structures. Chem Rev 2014; 114:2881-941. [PMID: 24576227 DOI: 10.1021/cr400354z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 494] [Impact Index Per Article: 49.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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- Fuan Wang
- Institute of Chemistry, The Center for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem 91904, Israel
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Small molecule detection in solution via the size contraction response of aptamer functionalized nanoparticles. Biosens Bioelectron 2014; 57:262-8. [PMID: 24594593 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2014.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2013] [Revised: 02/04/2014] [Accepted: 02/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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We demonstrate a simple new sensor design that exploits aptamer functionalized nanoparticles (NPs) to transduce the signal of aptamer receptors binding to target small molecules. An aptamer capable of binding to our target 17β-estradiol (E2) was isolated by SELEX with dissociation constant of 50 nM and tethered to the surface of carboxylated polystyrene NPs. Upon exposing the aptamer functionalized NPs to E2 in buffered water, we use dynamic light scattering (DLS) and resistive pulse sensing (TRPS) to observe a distinct reduction of the conjugated particle size and a less negative zeta potential, which can be correlated to the E2 concentration in the lower nanomolar range. The sensor showed similar affinity towards other hormones of the E2 steroidal family and excellent discrimination against potential non-steroidal interfering agents. The simplicity of the sensing scheme makes it readily applicable to other low molecular weight targets, as we further demonstrate using a known adenosine aptamer. In addition to sensing, our method shows potential to guide the synthetic evolution of aptamers with better binding affinity and specificity.
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Powering the programmed nanostructure and function of gold nanoparticles with catenated DNA machines. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2000. [PMID: 23759797 PMCID: PMC3709512 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3000] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/13/2013] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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DNA nanotechnology is a rapidly developing research area in nanoscience. It includes the development of DNA machines, tailoring of DNA nanostructures, application of DNA nanostructures for computing, and more. Different DNA machines were reported in the past and DNA-guided assembly of nanoparticles represents an active research effort in DNA nanotechnology. Several DNA-dictated nanoparticle structures were reported, including a tetrahedron, a triangle or linear nanoengineered nanoparticle structures; however, the programmed, dynamic reversible switching of nanoparticle structures and, particularly, the dictated switchable functions emerging from the nanostructures, are missing elements in DNA nanotechnology. Here we introduce DNA catenane systems (interlocked DNA rings) as molecular DNA machines for the programmed, reversible and switchable arrangement of different-sized gold nanoparticles. We further demonstrate that the machine-powered gold nanoparticle structures reveal unique emerging switchable spectroscopic features, such as plasmonic coupling or surface-enhanced fluorescence.
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Xu PF, Noh H, Lee JH, Domaille DW, Nakatsuka MA, Goodwin AP, Cha JN. Imparting the unique properties of DNA into complex material architectures and functions. MATERIALS TODAY (KIDLINGTON, ENGLAND) 2013; 16:290-296. [PMID: 25525408 PMCID: PMC4266936 DOI: 10.1016/j.mattod.2013.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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While the remarkable chemical and biological properties of DNA have been known for decades, these properties have only been imparted into materials with unprecedented function much more recently. The inimitable ability of DNA to form programmable, complex assemblies through stable, specific, and reversible molecular recognition has allowed the creation of new materials through DNA's ability to control a material's architecture and properties. In this review we discuss recent progress in how DNA has brought unmatched function to materials, focusing specifically on new advances in delivery agents, devices, and sensors.
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- Phyllis F. Xu
- Department of Nanoengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0448, La Jolla, CA 92093-0448, USA
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- Department of Nanoengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0448, La Jolla, CA 92093-0448, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, 596 UCB, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- Department of Nanoengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0448, La Jolla, CA 92093-0448, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, 596 UCB, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, 596 UCB, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- Department of Nanoengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0448, La Jolla, CA 92093-0448, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, 596 UCB, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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- Department of Nanoengineering and Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr. MC 0448, La Jolla, CA 92093-0448, USA
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, 3415 Colorado Avenue, 596 UCB, Boulder, CO 80303, USA
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Xu PF, Lee JH, Ma K, Choi C, Jin S, Wang J, Cha JN. Enhanced Raman signals from switchable nanoparticle probes. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:8994-6. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc44781b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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