Oligonucleotide assisted light-emitting Alq3 microrods: energy transfer effect with fluorescent dyes
Chunzhi Cui1, Dong Hyuk Park, Jeongyong Kim
1Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, and KU-KIST School of Converging Science and Technology, Korea University, Seoul 136-713, Korea.
Abstract:
Oligonucleotide assisted tri(8-hydroxyquinoline) aluminium (Alq3) microrods were prepared for the first time. When hybridized with oligonucleotide labeled by Cy3 fluorescent dye, a significant photoluminescence variation of the Alq3 microrods was observed due to Förster resonance energy transfer, unlike when Cy5-oligonucleotide was used. Versatile nucleotide manipulation would open up wider applications of Alq3-based materials, based on this fundamental observation.
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