Building machines with DNA molecules

H Ramezani, H Dietz - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2020 - nature.com
In nature, DNA molecules carry the hereditary information. But DNA has physical and
chemical properties that make it attractive for uses beyond heredity. In this Review, we …

Nucleic acid based molecular devices

Y Krishnan, FC Simmel - Angewandte Chemie International …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In biology, nucleic acids are carriers of molecular information: DNA's base sequence stores
and imparts genetic instructions, while RNA's sequence plays the role of a messenger and a …

Understanding interactions between biomolecules and two-dimensional nanomaterials using in silico microscopes

SH Chen, DR Bell, B Luan - Advanced drug delivery reviews, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract Two-dimensional (2D) nanomaterials such as graphene are increasingly used in
research and industry for various biomedical applications. Extensive experimental and …

Measuring the conformation and persistence length of single-stranded DNA using a DNA origami structure

E Roth, A Glick Azaria, O Girshevitz, A Bitler… - Nano letters, 2018 - ACS Publications
Measuring the mechanical properties of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) is a challenge that
has been addressed by different methods lately. The short persistence length, fragile …

The persistence length and length per base of single-stranded DNA obtained from fluorescence correlation spectroscopy measurements using mean field theory

Q Chi, G Wang, J Jiang - Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its …, 2013 - Elsevier
A dynamical mean field theory is used to predict the end-monomer mean square
displacement of single-stranded DNA and finally estimate two important parameters—the …

An adaptive synthetic cell based on mechanosensing, biosensing, and inducible gene circuits

J Garamella, S Majumder, AP Liu… - ACS Synthetic …, 2019 - ACS Publications
The bottom-up assembly of synthetic cell systems capable of recapitulating biological
functions has become a means to understand living matter by construction. The integration …

Quantification of the number of adsorbed DNA molecules on single-walled carbon nanotubes

R Nißler, FA Mann, P Chaturvedi… - The Journal of …, 2019 - ACS Publications
Single-walled carbon nanotubes (SWCNTs) have unique photophysical properties and
promise many novel applications. Their functionalization is crucial, but the organic phase …

Dynamics and statics of DNA-programmable nanoparticle self-assembly and crystallization

C Knorowski, S Burleigh, A Travesset - Physical review letters, 2011 - APS
DNA linker mediated self-assembly is emerging as a very general strategy for designing
new materials. In this Letter, we characterize both the dynamics and thermodynamics of …

How rigid are conjugated non‐ladder and ladder polymers?

Z Cao, M Leng, Y Cao, X Gu… - Journal of polymer …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Persistence length is commonly used to quantitatively describe the chain rigidity of
macromolecules, which represents an important structural parameter governing many …

Biophysical properties of nucleic acids at surfaces relevant to microarray performance

AN Rao, DW Grainger - Biomaterials science, 2014 - pubs.rsc.org
Both clinical and analytical metrics produced by microarray-based assay technology have
recognized problems in reproducibility, reliability and analytical sensitivity. These issues are …