Pyramidal and Chiral Groupings of Gold Nanocrystals Assembled Using DNA Scaffolds
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Nanostructures constructed from metal and semiconductor nanocrystals conjugated to, and organized by DNA are an emerging class of material with collective optical properties. We created discrete pyramids of DNA with gold nanocrystals at the tips. By taking small angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) measurments from solutions of these pyramids we confirmed that this pyramidal geometry creates structures which are more rigid in solution than linear DNA. We then took advantage of the tetrahedral symmetry…
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Date:
March 30, 2009
Creator:
Mastroianni, Alexander; Claridge, Shelley & Alivisatos, A. Paul
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