Monika Fischler

TL;DR: A systematic study of water-soluble gold nanoparticles stabilized by triphenylphosphine derivatives ranging in size from 0.8 to 15 nm is made and the cytotoxicity of these particles in four cell lines representing major functional cell types with barrier and phagocyte function are tested.

TL;DR: A new type of azide-functionalized gold nanoparticle and their coupling to an alkyne-modified DNA duplex using the copper(I)-catalyzed Huisgen cycloaddition ('click chemistry'), resulting in a chain-like assembly of nanoparticles on the DNA template.

TL;DR: Uniform bimetallic nanowires, tunable in size, have been grown on artificial DNA templates via a two-step metallization process, resulting in the high selectivity of the process, due to the exact spatial control of modified DNA base incorporation and hence the confinement of meetallization centers at addressable sites.

TL;DR: Novel procedures aimed at increasing the selectivity of the metallization process are the decoration of DNA with functional groups to control the spatial distribution of the nucleation sites, the photochemical deposition of silver on DNA strands, and the formation of DNA–Pt adducts as precursors for metal deposition on DNA.

TL;DR: In this paper, the fabrication of ordered arrays of silicon pillars via a combination of nanosphere lithography (NSL) and reactive ion etching (RIE) is described.