Modeling How Nucleic Acids Respond to Charged Gold Nanoparticles (IMAGE)

North Carolina State University

Modeling How Nucleic Acids Respond to Charged Gold Nanoparticles

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This image shows the binding of alkyl ligand functionalized gold nanoparticles with protonated amine end groups (the blue spheres) to double stranded DNA.

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Jessica Nash, North Carolina State University

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