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A Method for Selecting Structure-switching Aptamers Applied to a Colorimetric Gold Nanoparticle Assay
Published on: February 28, 2015
A selective G-quadruplex-based luminescent switch-on probe for the detection of nanomolar silver(I) ions in aqueous
Bradley Yat-Wah Man1, Daniel Shiu-Hin Chan, Hui Yang
1Department of Chemistry, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong, China.
Abstract:
A G-quadruplex-based luminescent platinum(II) switch-on probe has been developed for the selective detection of nanomolar Ag(+) ions in aqueous solution.
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