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Luminescent ruthenium(II) polypyridyl functionalized gold nanoparticles; their DNA binding abilities and application
Robert B P Elmes1, Kim N Orange, Suzanne M Cloonan
1School of Chemistry, Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin 2, Ireland.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 20, 2011
Abstract:
The synthesis and photophysical and biological investigation of Ru(II)-polypyridyl stabilized water-soluble, luminescent gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are described. These structures bind to DNA and undergo rapid cellular uptake, being localized within the cell cytoplasm and nucleus within 4 h.

