Confinement of silver triangles in silver nanoplates templated by duplex DNA

The use of DNA as a molecular tool in developing novel nanostructures is based oil its ability to form self-organizing three-dimensional structures. In the current report the palindromic DNA dodecamer d(CGTAGATCTACG) was employed as a scaffold to fabricate silver nanostructures. The utility of DNA dodecamer to self-assembly into closed pack monolayers and thereby control the formation of silver nanoplates and the consequent confinement is reported.