A craphene nanoprobe for rapid, sensitive, and multicolor fluorescent DNA analysis

  • Shijiang He*
  • , Bo Song
  • , Di Li
  • , Changfeng Zhu
  • , Wenpeng Qi
  • , Yanqin Wen
  • , Lihua Wang
  • , Shiping Song
  • , Haiping Fang
  • , Chunhai Fan
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Coupling nanomaterials with biomolecular recognition events represents a new direction in nanotechnology toward the development of novel molecular diagnostic tools. Here a graphene oxide (CO)-based multicolor fluorescent DNA nanoprobe that allows rapid, sensitive, and selective detection of DNA targets in homogeneous solution by exploiting interactions between GO and DNA molecules is reported. Because of the extraordinarily high quenching efficiency of GO, the fluorescent ssDNA probe exhibits minimal background fluorescence, while strong emission is observed when it forms a double helix with the specific targets, leading to a high signal-to-background ratio. Importantly, the large planar surface of GO allows simultaneous quenching of multiple DNA probes labeled with different dyes, leading to a multicolor sensor for the detection of multiple DNA targets in the same solution. It is also demonstrated that this GO-based sensing platform is suitable for the detection of a range of analytes when complemented with the use of functional DNA structures.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)453-459
Number of pages7
JournalAdvanced Functional Materials
Volume20
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 8 Feb 2010
Externally publishedYes

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