Nakao H, Hayashi H, Iwata F, Karasawa H, Hirano K, Sugiyama S, Ohtani T. Fabricating and aligning pi-conjugated polymer-functionalized DNA nanowires: atomic force microscopic and scanning near-field optical microscopic studies.
LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2005;
21:7945-50. [PMID:
16089403 DOI:
10.1021/la050145p]
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Abstract
We report a simple method to functionalize DNA with pi-conjugated polymer, forming highly aligned and integrated arrays of pi-conjugated polymer nanowires of a few nanometers diameter. pi-conjugated polymer, polyphenazasiline, having alkylammonium salts on the N atom (PPhenaz-TMA), synthesized in this study can be directly attached to DNA, which can be organized along stretched and aligned DNA molecules on surfaces as a template. Furthermore, PPhenaz-TMA/DNA nanowires were stretched and aligned on surfaces, even when PPhenaz-TMA/DNA complexes formed in solutions. The resulting PPhenaz-TMA/DNA nanowires could be easily converted to oxidized states or metallic nanowires by using adequate oxidant or metal salts. The direct visualization of PPhenaz-TMA/DNA nanowires and its structural changes have been studied by atomic force microscopy and scanning near-field optical microscopy.
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