The work considers DNA complexes with silver ions and a silver coordination compound containing phenanthroline ligands. The formation conditions of luminescent silver nanoclusters and nanoparticles having a plasmon resonance are analyzed. It is shown that nanoclusters form on reducing silver ions after the formation of their coordination bonds with nitrogenous bases of the macromolecule. The [Ag(Phen)2]NO3 compound cannot form such a bond and interacts with DNA by intercalating one of the phenanthroline ligands into a double helix. The preliminary binding of cis-DDP with DNA hinders the formation of silver nanoclusters.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)406-412
Number of pages7
JournalJournal of Structural Chemistry
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Mar 2017
Event17th Symposium on the Intermolecular Interaction and Molecular Conformations - To the 100th Anniversary of A I Kitaigorodsky - Pushchino
Duration: 23 Jun 201427 Jun 2014

    Research areas

  • cis-DDP, DNA, silver nanoparticles and luminescent nanoclusters, [Ag(Phen)]NO

    Scopus subject areas

  • Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Materials Chemistry

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