Graphene oxide as an efficient signal-to-background enhancer for DNA detection with a long range resonance energy transfer strategy

Yan Zhang; Yue Liu; Shu Jun Zhen; Cheng Zhi Huang

doi:10.1039/c1cc14491j

Graphene oxide as an efficient signal-to-background enhancer for DNA detection with a long range resonance energy transfer strategy

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Nov 14;47(42):11718-20. doi: 10.1039/c1cc14491j. Epub 2011 Sep 27.

Authors

Yan Zhang¹, Yue Liu, Shu Jun Zhen, Cheng Zhi Huang

Affiliation

¹ Education Ministry Key Laboratory on Luminescence and Real-Time Analysis, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University, Chongqing 400715, China.

PMID: 21952343
DOI: 10.1039/c1cc14491j

Abstract

A long range resonance energy transfer (LrRET) strategy for label-free and sensitive DNA detection is outlined by introducing graphene oxide (GO) as an efficient signal-to-background enhancer, giving a limit of determination (3σ) of 0.31 nM.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

DNA / analysis*
Energy Transfer
Graphite / chemistry*
Spectrometry, Fluorescence

Substances

Graphite
DNA