Issue 7, 2011
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Chemical Communications

Rapid naked-eye detection of mercury ions based on non-crosslinking aggregation of double-stranded DNA-carrying gold nanoparticles†

Naoki Kanayama,‡a   Tohru Takarada*a  and  Mizuo Maedaa  

* Corresponding authors

a Bioengineering Laboratory, RIKEN Advanced Science Institute, Wako, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
E-mail: ttkrd@riken.jp
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Abstract

Colorimetric detection of mercury ions (Hg2+) with the naked eye was accomplished within 1 min by a combination of non-crosslinking aggregation of double-stranded DNA-carrying gold nanoparticles and complex formation of thymine–Hg2+–thymine.

Graphical abstract: Rapid naked-eye detection of mercury ions based on non-crosslinking aggregation of double-stranded DNA-carrying gold nanoparticles

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C0CC05171C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
25 Nov 2010
Accepted
09 Dec 2010
First published
04 Jan 2011

Chem. Commun., 2011,47, 2077-2079

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Rapid naked-eye detection of mercury ions based on non-crosslinking aggregation of double-stranded DNA-carrying gold nanoparticles

N. Kanayama, T. Takarada and M. Maeda, Chem. Commun., 2011, 47, 2077 DOI: 10.1039/C0CC05171C

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