Issue 45, 2008
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Chemical Communications

Highly sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ in aqueous solution based on structure-switching DNA†

Zidong Wang,ab   Jung Heon Leeab  and  Yi Lu*abc  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1304 W. Green Str., Urbana, USA

b Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 405 N. Mathews Ave., Urbana, USA

c Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 608 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, USA
E-mail: yi-lu@illinois.edu
Fax: (+1) 217-333-2685
Tel: (+1) 217-333-2619

Abstract

A simple design of “turn-on” fluorescent sensor for mercury was demonstrated based on structure-switching DNA with a low detection limit of 3.2 nM and high selectivity.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B812755G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
24 Jul 2008
Accepted
16 Sep 2008
First published
14 Oct 2008

Chem. Commun., 2008, 6005-6007

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Highly sensitive “turn-on” fluorescent sensor for Hg2+ in aqueous solution based on structure-switching DNA

Z. Wang, J. Heon Lee and Y. Lu, Chem. Commun., 2008, 6005 DOI: 10.1039/B812755G

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