Photoluminescence Enhancement of Poly(3-methylthiophene) Nanowires upon Length Variable DNA Hybridization

The use of low-dimensional inorganic or organic nanomaterials has advantages for DNA and protein recognition due to their sensitivity, accuracy, and physical size matching. In this research, poly(3-methylthiophene) (P3MT) nanowires (NWs) are electrochemically prepared with dopant followed by functio...

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Autores principales: Huang, Jingyuan, Choi, Jinho, Lee, Gil Sun, Chen, Fengchun, Cui, Chunzhi, Jin, Long Yi, Park, Dong Hyuk
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2018
Materias:
Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6414824/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30966135
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym10010100
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Sumario:The use of low-dimensional inorganic or organic nanomaterials has advantages for DNA and protein recognition due to their sensitivity, accuracy, and physical size matching. In this research, poly(3-methylthiophene) (P3MT) nanowires (NWs) are electrochemically prepared with dopant followed by functionalization with probe DNA (pDNA) sequence through electrostatic interaction. Various lengths of pDNA sequences (10-, 20- and 30-mer) are conjugated to the P3MT NWs respectively followed with hybridization with their complementary target DNA (tDNA) sequences. The nanoscale photoluminescence (PL) properties of the P3MT NWs are studied throughout the whole process at solid state. In addition, the correlation between the PL enhancement and the double helix DNA with various lengths is demonstrated.

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