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Plasmonic circular dichroism (CD) responses of hybrid nanostructures containing noble metal nanoparticles and chiral molecules have received increasing interest with various applications in nanophotonics. Chiral biomolecules show strong CD signals typically found in the ultraviolet region, whereas, in the visible range, they produce a weak signal. Strengthening the CD signal in the visible region is of high importance, which could be achieved through fabrication of novel hybrid nanostructures. Herein, gold nanoparticles (GNPs) have been assembled via DNA linker to investigate the possibility of enhancing plasmonic CD signal in the visible range. DNA-linked assemblies with pre- and postannealed conditions were characterized by ultraviolet–visible spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering (DLS), and CD spectropolarimetry. In the presence of DNA linker with sticky ends, the aggregation phenomenon was traced by red shifts of surface plasmon resonance of nanoparticles. Time-dependent hybridization of single-stranded “sticky ends” with DNA-conjugated GNPs and increased probability of hydrogen bond formation lead to enhancement of CD signals in the ultraviolet region. Complexation of biomolecule and nanoparticle assemblies induced enhanced CD signals in the visible range, which was noticed both before and after purification. DLS characterization of the assemblies also confirmed the difference in the size of aggregates, which could be controlled by the linker molecules. This investigation encourages possibility of utilizing plasmonic CD technique as a tool for tracing fabricated nanostructure assemblies with enhanced characterization possibility.
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The authors would like to thank the research council of Tarbiat Modares University for financial support of this work and Mrs. Negar Nadafy for her significant contributions.
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Azizi, A., Ranjbar, B., Moghadam, T.T. et al. Plasmonic Circular Dichroism Study of DNA–Gold Nanoparticles Bioconjugates. Plasmonics 9, 273–281 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11468-013-9620-0
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