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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Oct 28.
Published in final edited form as: Langmuir. 2011 Sep 28;28(2):1068–1082. doi: 10.1021/la2028862

Scheme 2.

Scheme 2

DNA hairpin-functionalized gold surfaces for nucleic acid detection. (A) AuNPs or (B) gold wires quench the fluorophore-modified hairpin DNA. Upon binding target nucleic acid, the hairpin DNA opens and the fluorescence is detected.