Collection
DNA Nanotechnology and Data Storage
In nature, DNA is a molecule as genetic information carrier with nano structure. Engineered DNA or synthetic DNA can be used to storage digital data. DNA data storage is the process of encoding and decoding binary data to and from synthesized strands of DNA. Besides, the field of DNA nanotechnology takes this molecule out of its biological context and uses its information to assemble structural motifs and then to construct engineering self-assembling materials. Because of predictable and specific DNA base-paring rules and programmable interactions of DNA, over the past decade, DNA nanotechnology has emerged as a powerful tool to precisely design and control molecular circuits, machines and nanostructures. This special issue aims to collect original research and review papers on DNA nanotechnology and data storage. This collection will focus on the writing and reading of DNA information, the methods of encoding and decoding, the new systems of DNA data storage, as well as the aim to use DNA nanostructures for the information storage and processing.
Editors
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Bingzhi Li
School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin, 300072, China
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Jie Song
School of Electronic Information and Electrical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240 P. R. China; Institute of Basic Medicine and Cancer (IBMC), Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310022, China
