• 文献标题:   Effect of Graphene Oxidation Rate on Adsorption of Poly-Thymine Single Stranded DNA
  • 文献类型:   Article
  • 作  者:   KIM HS, FARMER BL, YINGLING YG
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  • 出版物名称:   ADVANCED MATERIALS INTERFACES
  • ISSN:   2196-7350
  • 通讯作者地址:   North Carolina State Univ
  • 被引频次:   7
  • DOI:   10.1002/admi.201601168
  • 出版年:   2017

▎ 摘  要

In order to understand how oxidation rate of graphene surfaces affects single-stranded poly-thymine, poly(T)(20), structure during physisorption, allatom molecular dynamics simulations are performed. In aqueous solutions, poly(T)(20) is a complex structure with stacked and coiled regions. However, on the graphene surfaces, there are three different regimes for the adsorption process, which heavily depends on the surface oxidation: (1) on pristine graphene or graphene oxide (GO) with low oxygen coverage (GO 5%) the stacked poly(T)(20) structure becomes unfolded due to formation of strong pi-pi interactions with the surface, (2) on graphene oxide with moderate oxygen coverage (GO 10%-25%) the structure of poly(T)(20) is well preserved because of the balance between van der Waals and electrostatic interactions, and (3) on graphene oxide with high oxygen content (GO 30%-60%) stacked poly(T)(20) structure is locally disrupted due to formation of strong hydrogen bonds with the surface. Moreover, surface roughness due to the presence of oxygen groups plays a pivotal role in structural retention of poly(T)(20) by preventing its nucleobases from forming p-p stacking interactions with the surface.