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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY LETTERS
卷 13, 期 9, 页码 2231-2236出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00030
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- National Science Foundation [CHE-1803066]
- Welch Foundation [C-0807]
Understanding the conformations of single-stranded DNA on carbon nanotube surfaces is crucial for various applications. In this study, we found evidence of partial desorption of DNA strands from the nanotube surface under common conditions. This desorption is caused by steric interference between neighboring DNA strands and decreases with decreasing concentration of free DNA.
Understanding the conformations of physisorbed single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) oligos on single-wall carbon nanotube (SWCNT) surfaces is important for advancing basic nanoscience and for developing applications in biomedicine and quantum information processing. Here we report evidence that the ssDNA strands are partly desorbed from the nanotube surface under common conditions. SWCNT suspensions were prepared in eight ssDNA oligos, each containing 1 guanine and 30 thymine bases but differing in the position of the guanine within the strand. Singlet oxygen exposure then covalently functionalized the guanine to the SWCNT surface, red-shifting the nanotube fluorescence by an amount reflecting the guanine spatial density at the surface. Spectral shifts were greatest for central guanine positions and smallest for end positions. In conjunction with steered molecular dynamics simulations, the results suggest that steric interference between neighboring ssDNA strands on an individual nanotube causes significant dislocation or desorption of the strand ends while central regions remain better wrapped around the nanotube. This effect decreases with decreasing concentrations of free ssDNA.
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