| Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10482350 | Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications | 2005 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
DNA melting and hybridization is a fundamental biological process as well as a crucial step in many modern biotechnology applications. DNA confined on surfaces exhibits a behavior different from that in free solutions. The system of DNA-capped gold nanoparticles exhibits unique phase transitions and represents a new class of complex fluids. Depending on the sequence of the DNA, particles can be linked to each other through direct complementary DNA sequences or via a 'linker' DNA, whose sequence is complementary to the sequence attached to the gold nanoparticles. We observed different melting transitions for these two distinct systems.
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Authors
Y. Sun, N.C. Harris, C.-H. Kiang,