Fabrication of size-tunable gold nanoparticles using plasmid DNA as a biomolecular reactor
Samson J., Piscopo I., Yampolsky A., Nahirney P., Parpas A., Toschi A., Drain C.M., Hunter College of CUNY, US
Plasmid DNA has proven to be a successful template/mold for the formation of metallic nanoparticles because it is readily available, inexpensive, and malleable i.e. it can exist in different topologies. Using different plasmid DNA species [...]