Journal
ACS NANO
Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 649-656Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/nn900886q
Keywords
carbon nanotubes; DNA; nanostructuring; molecular recognition; triplex formation
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- DFG-funded Center for Functional Nanostructures at the University of Karlsruhe [C4.3]
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Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) are attractive building blocks for molecular electronics and novel materials. Generating functional architectures with SWCNTs requires methodologies for dispersing, purifying, and binding these highly insoluble quasi one-dimensional molecules. We have previously shown that unstructured DNA strands bind to carbon nanotubes so tightly that it is difficult to address them with complementary strands. Here we show that hairpin oligonucleotides give SWCNT suspensions more concentrated than those obtainable with previously optimized DNA sequences. Further, hairpin-forming oligonucleotides and (6,5)-SWCNTs form complexes that are addressable with complementary, triplex-forming oligonucleotides. As proof of principle, we show that DNA-SWCNT complexes can be bound sequence-specifically with oligonucleotides featuring fluorophores or quantum dots. The new method brings SWCNTs of exquisite purity into the realm of DNA-based nanostructuring.
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