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Bio-inspired Functional DNA Architectures

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Abstract

DNA has become an attractive construction template for a wide range of self-assembled systems, ranging from modified functional duplexes to elaborate three-dimensional structures. Taking DNA out of its biological role and combining it with high-end synthetic building blocks, expands the chemical space of designer structures to dimensions that have been unimaginable a few decades ago. Here, we introduce the basic concept of DNA architectonics and describe some of the most convenient technologies to construct functional DNA architectures. We present an overview of the achievements that have been reported to date, along with some of the milestones leading to the current state-of-the-art. The field has become too vast for a complete review which would be beyond the scope of this chapter, but the given selection will be inspirational to the researcher for future design and applications.

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Stulz, E. (2022). Bio-inspired Functional DNA Architectures. In: Govindaraju, T., Ariga, K. (eds) Molecular Architectonics and Nanoarchitectonics. Nanostructure Science and Technology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-4189-3_11

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