@article{1e940d31414347999c7e63385ac0e90a,
title = "EXAFS studies of catalytic DNA sensors for mercury contamination of water",
abstract = "Monitoring of metallic contaminants in domestic and agricultural water systems requires technology that is fast, flexible, sensitive, and selective. Recently, metal sensors based on catalytic DNA have been demonstrated as a practical monitoring solution. Very little is known, however, about the atomic scale interactions between the DNA-based sensors and the metal contaminant to which the sensor is targeted. Here, we present the results of an X-ray absorption spectroscopy study of a mercury sensor which illustrates the nature of the Hg-DNA interaction.",
keywords = "Contamination, DNA, EXAFS, Mercury, Sensor",
author = "B. Ravel and Slimmer, {S. C.} and X. Meng and Wong, {G. C.L.} and Y. Lu",
note = "Funding Information: Ying He's key assistance in the preparation of this manuscript is gratefully acknowledged. This work was supported in part by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, under Contract no. DE-FG02-08ER64568 and the NSF WaterCAMPWS Science and Technology Center (CTS-0120978). Use of the Advanced Photon Source was supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357. PNC/XOR facilities at the Advanced Photon Source, and research at these facilities, are supported by the US Department of Energy—Basic Energy Sciences, a major facilities access grant from the NSERC, the University of Washington, Simon Fraser University and the Advanced Photon Source. Use of the Advanced Photon Source is also supported by the US Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Basic Energy Sciences, under Contract no. DE-AC02-06CH11357. ",
year = "2009",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.radphyschem.2009.05.024",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "78",
pages = "S75--S79",
journal = "Radiation Physics and Chemistry",
issn = "0969-806X",
publisher = "Elsevier Limited",
number = "10 SUPPL.",
}