A self-assembled DNA nanostructure-amplified quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation biosensing platform for nucleic acids

• DOI: 10.1039/c2cc32747c
• Publication Date: 2012-05-11T15:02:00Z
• Authors: Wei Tang; Dingzhong Wang; Yi Xu; Na Li; Feng Liu
• Keywords: Limit of Detection; Nucleic Acids; Quartz Crystal Microbalance Techniques; Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel; Biosensing Techniques; 02 engineering and technology; 0210 nano-technology; 01 natural sciences; Nanostructures; 0104 chemical sciences

A self-assembled DNA nanostructure as an efficient signal amplifier was introduced to create a simple and label-free quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation monitoring (QCM-D) biosensing platform for highly sensitive and selective detection of nucleic acids.