Abstract
The unique insertion capability of Ag+ into cytosine-cytosine (C-Ag+-C) mismatch-base pairs enables precise fabrication of DNA-trapped silver nanoclusters (DNA-AgNCs) through varying the DNA sequences, thereby offering precise assembly of DNA-AgNCs and demonstrating great fluorescence applications. However, most of the DNA-AgNC-based fluorescence sensors have a single output signal. Herein, we developed a dimerized DNA-AgNC system through C-Ag+-C connection at the 3'-end of a designed DNA. The formation and crack-up of C-Ag+-C endows DNA-AgNCs with the ability to identify Ag+ and cysteine (Cys) with dual-output signals, changed fluorescence intensity (FI) and wavelength-shift in NIR emission around 815 nm via photoinduced electron transfer (PET), respectively. Superior linearity of FI for Cys and Ag+ concentrations was demonstrated. Meanwhile, the practical utility of this platform was also successfully verified in milk and lake water.
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