DNA Stabilizes Eight-Electron Superatom Silver Nanoclusters with Broadband Downconversion and Microsecond-Lived Luminescence

A Gonzàlez-Rosell, R Guha, C Cerretani… - The journal of …, 2022 - ACS Publications
DNA oligomers are known to serve as stabilizing ligands for silver nanoclusters (Ag N-
DNAs) with rod-like nanocluster geometries and nanosecond-lived fluorescence. Here, we …

A fluorescent aptasensor for ATP based on functional DNAzyme/walker and terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-assisted formation of DNA-AgNCs

S Cai, X Chen, H Chen, Y Zhang, X Wang, N Zhou - Analyst, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
The development of sensitive adenosine triphosphate (ATP) sensors is imperative due to the
tight relationship between the physiological conditions and ATP levels in vivo. Herein, a …

How Inert is Single‐Stranded DNA Towards DNA‐Stabilized Silver Nanoclusters? A Case Study

V Rück, C Cerretani, T Vosch - ChemPhotoChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
A case study, detailing the effect of different DNA oligomers on a NIR‐emitting DNA‐
stabilized silver nanocluster (DNA‐AgNC), is reported. The presence of single‐stranded …

Validating the reconstruction of DNA silver nanoclusters induced by different DNA sequence via HPLC and exploring the optical properties of reconstructed DNA silver …

TP Chou, PW Chang, ASF Raufa… - New Journal of Chemistry, 2024 - pubs.rsc.org
We investigated the influence of redundant DNA templates on the optical properties of DNA-
stabilized silver nanoclusters (DNA AgNCs). In this study, we have labeled green emissive …

[HTML][HTML] Exploring phosphorene-protein interactions: An integrated computational and spectroscopic investigation

S Rinaldi, AM Grigoras, M Caporali, M Serrano-Ruiz… - FlatChem, 2024 - Elsevier
Among 2D materials, exfoliated black phosphorus (or phosphorene) shows great promise
for applications in biological domains. However, despite its performances, little is known …

Nucleic Acid-Templated Metal Nanoclusters

R Guha, SM Copp - Modern Avenues in Metal-Nucleic Acid …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Nucleic acid-metal interactions can be exploited to form metal nanoclusters templated by
DNA and RNA. These metal nanoclusters have unique properties that are conferred by their …