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Label-Free Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering Bioanalysis Based on Au@Carbon Dot Nanoprobes
Published on: June 9, 2023
DNA reorientation on Au nanoparticles: label-free detection of hybridization by surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy
Evanthia Papadopoulou1, Steven E J Bell
1Innovative Molecular Materials Group, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Queen's University, Belfast, BT9 5AG, UK.
Abstract:
DNA sequences attached to Au nanoparticles via thiol linkers stand up from the surface, giving preferential enhancement of the adenine ring breathing SERS band. Non-specific binding via the nucleobases reorients the DNA, reducing this effect. This change in intensity on reorientation was utilised for label-free detection of hybridization of a molecular beacon.

