TY - JOUR
T1 - DNA-based nanodevices
AU - Liedl, Tim
AU - Sobey, Thomas L.
AU - Simmel, Friedrich C.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors gratefully acknowledge support by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, the Munich International Graduate School for Nanobiotechnology, and the members of the LMU Center for Nanoscience.
PY - 2007/4
Y1 - 2007/4
N2 - DNA is not only in the focus of modern molecular biology, but also plays an increasingly important role as a building block for nanoscale materials and devices. In recent years, many researchers in nanoscience have used the unique, programmable molecular recognition properties of DNA to build nanostructures by self-assembly and to realize artificial, machine-like devices. We here give a brief survey of this field and discuss the possible applications of DNA-based nanodevices either as nanoscale motors and actuators, or as novel biosensors with built-in information-processing capability.
AB - DNA is not only in the focus of modern molecular biology, but also plays an increasingly important role as a building block for nanoscale materials and devices. In recent years, many researchers in nanoscience have used the unique, programmable molecular recognition properties of DNA to build nanostructures by self-assembly and to realize artificial, machine-like devices. We here give a brief survey of this field and discuss the possible applications of DNA-based nanodevices either as nanoscale motors and actuators, or as novel biosensors with built-in information-processing capability.
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U2 - 10.1016/S1748-0132(07)70057-9
DO - 10.1016/S1748-0132(07)70057-9
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:33847650547
SN - 1748-0132
VL - 2
SP - 36
EP - 41
JO - Nano Today
JF - Nano Today
IS - 2
ER -