| Autor: |
Pedersen, Ronnie, Marchi, Alexandria N., Majikes, Jacob, Nash, Jessica A., Estrich, Nicole A., Courson, David S., Hall, Carol K., Craig, Stephen L., LaBean, Thomas H. |
| Zdroj: |
Handbook of Nanomaterials Properties; 2014, p1125-1157, 33p |
| Abstrakt: |
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is best known for its central role in the encoding, storage, replication, and propagation of genetic information within all known, independently living organisms. However, DNA is also a chemical material that can be produced in industrial quantities by well-developed, synthetic chemistry techniques for a wide variety of biological and nonbiological purposes. As a polymeric material with known nanometer-scale dimensions and well-understood, programmable, molecular recognition capabilities, DNA has become a leading construction material for bottom-up fabrication of nanomaterials with complex structures and functions. This field, known as structural DNA nanotechnology, has recently become a major source of self-assembling, molecularly programmed materials. To fully comprehend the design rules and application potential of DNA-based materials, it is critical for researchers to understand the characteristic properties of DNA itself; thus, delineating these underlying properties is the purpose of this chapter. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
| Databáze: |
Complementary Index |
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