10.1021/ol901607g.s001 Ruixing Zhang Ruixing Zhang Dan Tang Dan Tang Ping Lu Ping Lu Xiangyu Yang Xiangyu Yang Dongli Liao Dongli Liao Yujing Zhang Yujing Zhang Mingjun Zhang Mingjun Zhang Cong Yu Cong Yu Vivian W. W. Yam Vivian W. W. Yam Nucleic Acid-Induced Aggregation and Pyrene Excimer Formation American Chemical Society 2009 concentration pyrene probe pyrene excimer emission Pyrene Excimer Formation Nucleic acid 2009-10-01 00:00:00 Journal contribution https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/Nucleic_Acid_Induced_Aggregation_and_Pyrene_Excimer_Formation/2824975 Nucleic acid was found to induce the aggregation of the positively charged pyrene probe (compound <b>1</b>); as a result, strong pyrene excimer emission was observed. The intensity of the excimer emission was dependent on the concentration of the pyrene probe and the oligonucleotide length, sequence, and concentration. These results suggest a new strategy for label-free nucleic acid-based biosensing applications.