Gold nanocrystals with DNA-directed morphologies

Xingyi Ma; June Huh; Wounjhang Park; Luke P. Lee; Young Jik Kwon; Sang Jun Sim

doi:10.1038/ncomms12873

Nature Communications (Sep 2016)

Gold nanocrystals with DNA-directed morphologies

Xingyi Ma,
June Huh,
Wounjhang Park,
Luke P. Lee,
Young Jik Kwon,
Sang Jun Sim

Affiliations

Xingyi Ma: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University
June Huh: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University
Wounjhang Park: Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering, Materials Science & Engineering Program, University of Colorado
Luke P. Lee: Departments of Bioengineering, Institute of Quantitative Biosciences & Biophysics, Electrical Engineering & Computer Science, University of California Berkeley
Young Jik Kwon: Departments of Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California Irvine
Sang Jun Sim: Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, Korea University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms12873
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Bottom-up synthesis of colloidal metallic nanomaterials with a designable structure is challenging. Here, the authors report the directed crystallisation of gold by a single DNA molecular regulator, using it to synthesise gold nanocrystals with defined complex morphologies.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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