• 文献标题:   RNA nanopatterning on graphene
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   LI Q, FRONING JP, PYKAL M, ZHANG S, WANG Z, VONDRAK M, BANAS P, CEPE K, JURECKA P, SPONER J, ZBORIL R, DONG M, OTYEPKA M
  • 作者关键词:   graphene, rna, nanopatterning, liquid afm, molecular dynamic
  • 出版物名称:   2D MATERIALS
  • ISSN:   2053-1583
  • 通讯作者地址:   Aarhus Univ
  • 被引频次:   5
  • DOI:   10.1088/2053-1583/aabdf7
  • 出版年:   2018

▎ 摘  要

Graphene-based materials enable the sensing of diverse biomolecules using experimental approaches based on electrochemistry, spectroscopy, or other methods. Although basic sensing was achieved, it had until now not been possible to understand and control biomolecules' structural and morphological organization on graphene surfaces (i.e. their stacking, folding/unfolding, self-assembly, and nano-patterning). Here we present the insight into structural and morphological organization of biomolecules on graphene in water, using an RNA hairpin as a model system. We show that the key parameters governing the RNA's behavior on the graphene surface are the number of graphene layers, RNA concentration, and temperature. At high concentrations, the RNA forms a film on the graphene surface with entrapped nanobubbles. The density and the size of the bubbles depend on the number of graphene layers. At lower concentrations, unfolded RNA stacks on the graphene and forms molecular clusters on the surface. Such a control over the conformational behavior of interacting biomolecules at graphene/water interfaces would facilitate new applications of graphene derivatives in biotechnology and biomedicine.