The effect of inosine on the spectroscopic properties and crystal structure of a NIR-emitting DNA-stabilized silver nanocluster

Cecilia Cerretani, Mikkel B. Liisberg, Vanessa Ruck, Jiro Kondo, Tom Vosch

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Abstract

The effect of replacing guanosines with inosines in the two stabilizing strands (5 '-CACCTAGCGA-3 ') of the NIR emissive DNA-Ag16NC was investigated. The spectroscopic behavior of the inosine mutants is position-dependent: when the guanosine in position 7 was exchanged, the nanosecond fluorescence decay time shortened, while having the inosine in position 9 made the decay time longer. Thanks to structural information gained from single crystal X-ray diffraction measurements, it was possible to propose a mechanistic origin for the observed changes.

Original languageEnglish
JournalNanoscale Advances
Volume4
Issue number15
Pages (from-to)3212–3217
Number of pages6
ISSN2516-0230
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 20 Jun 2022

Keywords

  • QUANTUM YIELD
  • FLUORESCENCE

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