Issue 54, 2013
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Chemical Communications

Quantum dot-engineered M13 virus layer-by-layer composite films for highly selective and sensitive turn-on TNT sensors†

Ho Jin,a   Nayoun Won,a   Boeun Ahn,a   Jungheon Kwag,b   Kwang Heo,cd   Jin-Woo Oh,cd   Yintao Sun,cd   Soo Gyeong Cho,e   Seung-Wuk Leecd  and  Sungjee Kim*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, Pohang University of Science and Technology(POSTECH), Pohang, South Korea
E-mail: sungjee@postech.ac.kr

b School of Interdisciplinary Bioscience and Bioengineering, POSTECH, South Korea

c Department of Bioengineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

d Physical Biosciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California 94720, USA

e Defense Advanced R&D Center, Agency for Defense Development, Daejeon 305-600, South Korea

Abstract

We developed quantum dot-engineered M13 virus layer-by-layer hybrid composite films with incorporated fluorescence quenchers. TNT is designed to displace the quenchers and turn on the quantum dot fluorescence. TNT was detected at the sub ppb level with a high selectivity.

Graphical abstract: Quantum dot-engineered M13 virus layer-by-layer composite films for highly selective and sensitive turn-on TNT sensors

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3CC42032A
Article type
Communication
Submitted
20 Mar 2013
Accepted
16 May 2013
First published
17 May 2013

Chem. Commun., 2013,49, 6045-6047

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Quantum dot-engineered M13 virus layer-by-layer composite films for highly selective and sensitive turn-on TNT sensors

H. Jin, N. Won, B. Ahn, J. Kwag, K. Heo, J. Oh, Y. Sun, S. G. Cho, S. Lee and S. Kim, Chem. Commun., 2013, 49, 6045 DOI: 10.1039/C3CC42032A

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