Self-Assembled DNA-Inorganic Nanoparticle Structures - DNA Nanotechnology: From Structure to Function - page 184

Fig. 9.2 DNA as a link for AuNPs self-assembly. ( a ) Mirkin's work about the aggregation of
DNA-capped AuNPs. ( b ) Schematic illustration and agrose gel images of monofunctionalization
5-nm AuNP templated along template DNA strand by Alivisatos. ( c ) Binary AuNP network. In the
presence of complementary target DNA, two types of DNA-AuNPs (8 and 30 nm) aggregate, as
shown in the transmission electron microscopy ( TEM )imageatthe bottom .( d ) Schematic illustra-
tion of site-specific conjugation of AuNPs to internal and external DNA positions using a cyclic
disulfide and the TEM image at the right .( e ) Schematic illustration of DNA-mediated assembly of
plasmonic heteropentamers and the TEM image at the right (Part ( a ) reprinted with permission
from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Ref. [ 7 ], copyright 1996. Part ( b ) reprinted with permission
from Macmillan Publishers Ltd: Ref. [ 8 ], copyright 1996. Part ( c ) reprinted with permission from
Ref. [ 20 ]. Copyright 1998 American Chemical Society. Part ( d ) reprinted with permission from
Ref. [ 21 ]. Copyright 2010 American Chemical Society. Part ( e ) reprinted with permission from
Ref. [ 22 ]. Copyright 2011 American Chemical Society)