DNA-nanoparticle assemblies go organic: macroscopic polymeric materials with nanosized features.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One of the goals in the field of structural DNA nanotechnology is the use of DNA to build up 2- and 3-D nanostructures. The research in this field is motivated by the remarkable structural features of DNA as well as by its unique and reversible recognition properties. Nucleic acids can be used alone as the skeleton of a broad range of periodic nanopatterns and nanoobjects and in addition, DNA can serve as a linker or template to form DNA-hybrid structures with other materials. This approach can be used for the development of new detection strategies as well as nanoelectronic structures and devices.

Method

Here we present a new method for the generation of unprecedented all-organic conjugated-polymer nanoparticle networks guided by DNA, based on a hierarchical self

SUBMITTER: Mentovich ED 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3408339 | biostudies-literature | 2012 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature