Long‐Term Structural and Chemical Stability of DNA in Hydrated Ionic Liquids

Vijayaraghavan, Ranganathan; Izgorodin, Aleksey; Venkatraman, Ganesh; Mahadevan, Surianarayanan; R. MacFarlane, Douglas

doi:10.1002/anie.200906610

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Long‐Term Structural and Chemical Stability of DNA in Hydrated Ionic Liquids

Published in Angewandte Chemie International Edition • Jan 27, 2010

Authors:

Ranganathan Vijayaraghavan

Aleksey Izgorodin

Ganesh Venkatraman

Abstract

Storage solutions: DNA is shown to be soluble in a variety of choline-based, hydrated ionic liquids (ILs; see picture). The IL-stored DNA molecules have exceptional long-term stability, in excess of one year.

Subject

Ionic liquid

Chemistry

Ionic bonding

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