Charged Ligand Functionalized Gold Nanoparticle Binding to Double Stranded DNA (VIDEO)

North Carolina State University

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Molecular Dynamics Simulations of alkyl ligand functionalized gold nanoparticles with 60 protonated amine end groups (blue spheres) binding to 30 base pairs of double stranded DNA.

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Jessica Nash, North Carolina State University

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