Language:
English
In:
ChemPhysChem, 11 August 2006, Vol.7(8), pp.1641-1647
Description:
DNA tile based self‐assembly provides an attractive route to create nanoarchitectures of programmable patterns. It also offers excellent scaffolds for directed self‐assembly of nanometer‐scale materials, ranging from nanoparticles to proteins, with potential applications in constructing nanoelectronic/nanophotonic devices and protein/ligand nanoarrays. This Review first summarizes the currently available DNA tile toolboxes and further emphasizes recent developments toward self‐assembling DNA nanostructures with increasing complexity. Exciting progress using DNA tiles for directed self‐assembly of other nanometer scale components is also discussed. DNA tile based self‐assembly provides an attractive route to create nanoarchitectures of programmable patterns (see figure). It also offers excellent scaffolds for directed self‐assembly of nanometer‐scale materials ranging from nanoparticles to proteins, with potential applications in constructing nanoelectronic/nanophotonic devices and protein/ligand nanoarrays.
Keywords:
Dna Structures ; Nanostructures ; Nanotechnology ; Self‐Assembly ; Structure Elucidation
ISSN:
1439-4235
E-ISSN:
1439-7641
DOI:
10.1002/cphc.200600260
Source:
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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