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NEW JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY
Volume 43, Issue 12, Pages 4965-4974Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c8nj06157b
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- Post-Doctoral Innovation Talent Support Scheme [BX20180181]
- NSFC [21420102006, 21773144]
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The functional and structural properties of self-assembly materials are regulated by their building blocks with regards to structural functional motifs or the introduction of valuable responsiveness. In this work, fluorescent carbon quantum dots with magnetic [GdCl3Br](-) counterions (CQDGd) were firstly synthesized, and they further served as building blocks for self-assembly with groups of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA), including phosphate, guanine and cytosine, generating regular hybrid DNA nanospheres. Through a self-assembly process involving hybrid DNA nanospheres, a conformational transition of ssDNA occurred, and this changed the fluorescence properties of CQDGd. In addition, the structures of the building blocks could have a direct influence on the properties of the hybrid DNA nanospheres; for example, the base pair number of the single-stranded DNA could manipulate the circular dichroism as well as the fluorescent properties of the hybrid DNA nanospheres. The integrative self-assembly of CQDGd and single-stranded DNA will pave an avenue for the preparation of smart self-assembled materials using single-stranded DNA and magneto-responsive carbon quantum dots.
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