Issue 18, 2013
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Nanoscale

Fluorescent silver nanoclusters as DNA probes

Judy M. Obliosca,a   Cong Liua  and  Hsin-Chih Yeh*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, USA
E-mail: tim.yeh@austin.utexas.edu
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Abstract

Fluorescent silver nanoclusters (few atoms, quantum sized) have attracted much attention as promising substitutes for conventional fluorophores. Due to their unique environmental sensitivities, new fluorescent probes have been developed based on silver nanoclusters for the sensitive and specific detection of DNA. In this review we present the recent discoveries of activatable and color-switchable properties of DNA-templated silver nanoclusters and discuss the strategies to use these new properties in DNA sensing.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR01601C
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
31 Mar 2013
Accepted
01 Jun 2013
First published
06 Jun 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 8443-8461

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Fluorescent silver nanoclusters as DNA probes

J. M. Obliosca, C. Liu and H. Yeh, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 8443 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR01601C

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