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DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective
In addition to its genetic function, DNA is one of the most distinct and smart self-assembling nanomaterials. DNA nanotechnology exploits the predictable self-assembly of DNA oligonucleotides to design and assemble innovative and highly discrete nanostructures. Highly ordered DNA motifs are capable...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-119 |
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author | Zahid, Muniza Kim, Byeonghoon Hussain, Rafaqat Amin, Rashid Park, Sung Ha |
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description | In addition to its genetic function, DNA is one of the most distinct and smart self-assembling nanomaterials. DNA nanotechnology exploits the predictable self-assembly of DNA oligonucleotides to design and assemble innovative and highly discrete nanostructures. Highly ordered DNA motifs are capable of providing an ultra-fine framework for the next generation of nanofabrications. The majority of these applications are based upon the complementarity of DNA base pairing: adenine with thymine, and guanine with cytosine. DNA provides an intelligent route for the creation of nanoarchitectures with programmable and predictable patterns. DNA strands twist along one helix for a number of bases before switching to the other helix by passing through a crossover junction. The association of two crossovers keeps the helices parallel and holds them tightly together, allowing the assembly of bigger structures. Because of the DNA molecule's unique and novel characteristics, it can easily be applied in a vast variety of multidisciplinary research areas like biomedicine, computer science, nano/optoelectronics, and bionanotechnology. |
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spelling | pubmed-35995512013-03-20 DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective Zahid, Muniza Kim, Byeonghoon Hussain, Rafaqat Amin, Rashid Park, Sung Ha Nanoscale Res Lett Nano Review In addition to its genetic function, DNA is one of the most distinct and smart self-assembling nanomaterials. DNA nanotechnology exploits the predictable self-assembly of DNA oligonucleotides to design and assemble innovative and highly discrete nanostructures. Highly ordered DNA motifs are capable of providing an ultra-fine framework for the next generation of nanofabrications. The majority of these applications are based upon the complementarity of DNA base pairing: adenine with thymine, and guanine with cytosine. DNA provides an intelligent route for the creation of nanoarchitectures with programmable and predictable patterns. DNA strands twist along one helix for a number of bases before switching to the other helix by passing through a crossover junction. The association of two crossovers keeps the helices parallel and holds them tightly together, allowing the assembly of bigger structures. Because of the DNA molecule's unique and novel characteristics, it can easily be applied in a vast variety of multidisciplinary research areas like biomedicine, computer science, nano/optoelectronics, and bionanotechnology. Springer 2013-03-04 /pmc/articles/PMC3599551/ /pubmed/23497147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-119 Text en Copyright ©2013 Zahid et al; licensee Springer. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Nano Review Zahid, Muniza Kim, Byeonghoon Hussain, Rafaqat Amin, Rashid Park, Sung Ha DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective |
title | DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective |
title_full | DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective |
title_fullStr | DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective |
title_full_unstemmed | DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective |
title_short | DNA nanotechnology: a future perspective |
title_sort | dna nanotechnology: a future perspective |
topic | Nano Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3599551/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23497147 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1556-276X-8-119 |
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