A DNA fluorescence probe system based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer （FRET） from CdTe quantum dot （QD） donors to Au nanoparticle （AuNP） acceptors is presented. CdTe QDs, 2.5nm in diameter, as energy donors, were prepared in water. Au nanoparticles, 16nm in diameter, as energy acceptors, were prepared from gold chloride by reduction. CdTe QDs were linked to 5＇-NH2-DNA through 1-ethyl-3-（dimethylaminopropyl）car- bodiimide hydrochloride （EDC） as a linker, and the 3＇-SH-DNA was self-assembled onto the surface of AuNPs. The hybridization of complementary double stranded DNA （dsDNA） bound to the QDs and AuNPs （CdTe-dsDNA-Au） determined the FRET distance of CdTe QDs and Au nanoparticles. Compared to the fluorescence of CdTe-DNA, the fluorescence of CdTe-DNA-Au conjugates decreased extremely, which indicated that the FRET occurred between CdTe QDs and Au nanoparticles. The fluorescence change of this conjugate depended on the ratio of Au-DNA to CdTe-DNA. When the AuNPs-DNA to QD-DNA ratio was 10：1, the FRET efficiency reached a maximum. The probe system would have a certain degree of fluorescence recovery when a complementary single stranded DNA was introduced into this system, which showed that the distance between CdTe QDs and Au nanoparticles was increased.
本文通过层层自组装技术（1ayer-by—layer，LBL）成功制备了CdTe@Fe3O4磁性荧光复合纳米粒子，并对其特性和应用进行了讨论．首先，采用化学共沉淀法，以NaOH为沉淀剂，Fe^2＋和Fe^3＋物质的量的比为1：2．在50℃水相中电磁搅拌30min，制备出具有磁性的纳米Fe3O4，然后表面修饰1,6-己二胺．通过透射电镜（transmission electron microscopy,TEM）对其进行观察，粒径在10nm左右．核壳cdTe@Fe3O4复合功能纳米粒子的合成表明：Fe3O4和cdTc物质的量的比为1：3，pH=6．0，温度30℃，反应时间30min为其最佳合成条件．通过TEM、紫外和荧光光谱对合成的纳米粒子分别进行了表征．cdTe@Fe3O4粒径在12～15nm，最大发射波长从530nm红移到570nm，而最大吸收波长则从530nm红移到535mm．结果表明，磁性Fe3O4表面成功覆盖了CdTe壳层．核壳型CdTe@Fe3O4磁性荧光复合纳米粒子的应用能够实现对DNA进行简便快捷的标记、传感和分离．
