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Type: 
Journal
Description: 
Gold nanoparticles heavily functionalized with oligonucleotides have been used in a variety of DNA detection methods. The optical properties of three-dimensional aggregates of Au nanoparticles in solution or deposited onto suitable surfaces have been analyzed to detect hybridization processes of specific DNA sequences as possible alternatives to fluorescent labeling methods. This paper reports on the preparation of gold nanoparticles directly deposited onto the surface of silicon (Si) and sapphire (Al2O3) substrates by a physical methodology, consisting in the thermal evaporation of a thin Au film and its successive annealing. The method guarantees the preparation of monodispersed single-crystal Au nanoparticles with a strong surface plasmon resonance (SPR) peak centered at about 540 nm. We show that the changes of SPR excitation before and after DNA functionalization and subsequent hybridization of …
Publisher: 
American Chemical Society
Publication date: 
22 Sep 2005
Authors: 

J Spadavecchia, P Prete, N Lovergine, L Tapfer, R Rella

Biblio References: 
Volume: 109 Issue: 37 Pages: 17347-17349
Origin: 
The Journal of Physical Chemistry B