Formation of Silver Nanoclusters from a DNA Template Containing Ag(I)-Mediated Base Pairs

Table 3

UV/Vis spectroscopic data of silver nanoparticles and nanoclusters formed upon reduction of Ag(I)-containing duplexes .

	Duplex I	Duplex II	Duplex III	Duplex IV	Duplex V
/nm	393, 582	394, 495, 577	389	406, 494, 571	394

Conditions: 40 M duplex, 1 equivalent AgNO₃ (duplex V: 4 AgNO₃ per duplex), 150 mM NaClO₄, 5 mM MOPS (pH 6.8), and excess NaBH₄ solution.