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Quenching of CdSe quantum dot emission, a new approach for biosensing
L Dyadyusha1, H Yin, S Jaiswal
1School of Electronics and Computer Science, University of Southampton, Highfield, UK.
Abstract:
The emission of CdSe quantum dots linked to the 5'-end of a DNA sequence is efficiently quenched by hybridisation with a complementary DNA strand with a gold nanoparticle attached at the 3'-end; contact of the quantum dot and gold nanoparticle occurs.

