Crystal engineering with DNA | Nature Reviews Materials
WEBFeb 18, 2019 · Looking forward, we challenge the community to leverage the extraordinary structural control afforded by crystal engineering with DNA to synthesize classes of functional materials that push...
Complex assemblies and crystals guided by DNA - Nature
WEBJun 24, 2020 · After 20 years of research, DNA-directed crystallization of nanoparticles is now a well-established method for crystal engineering.
DNA brick crystals with prescribed depths - Nature Chemistry
WEBOct 19, 2014 · The crystals are self-assembled from single-stranded DNA components called DNA bricks. We demonstrate the experimental construction of DNA brick crystals that can grow to micrometre size...
Making Engineered 3D DNA Crystals Robust | Journal of the …
WEBSep 25, 2019 · Engineered 3D DNA crystals are promising scaffolds for bottom-up construction of three-dimensional, macroscopic devices from the molecular level.
Crystallizing DNA: Scientists make first large DNA crystals for ...
WEBOct 20, 2014 · By crystallizing DNA, researchers have created structures unlike any seen before. The DNA crystals could potentially be used as the basis of a programmable material platform, leading to new advances in computing, biology and many other fields.
Exploring the Potential of Three‐Dimensional DNA Crystals in ...
WEBJun 16, 2023 · This review aims to showcase various 3D DNA crystals, their design, optimization, applications, and the crystallization conditions utilized. Additionally, the history of nucleic acid crystallography and potential future directions for 3D DNA crystals in the era of nanotechnology are discussed.
Structural DNA Nanotechnology: State of the Art and Future …
WEBJul 16, 2014 · Researchers successfully demonstrated the assembly of a 3D DNA crystal in which the triangular unit tiles were connected by sticky ends and solved its structure to ∼4 Å resolution using X-ray crystallography.
Engineering DNA Crystals toward Studying DNA–Guest Molecule ...
WEBFeb 15, 2023 · A molecule-binding DNA sequence is engineered to self-assemble into highly ordered DNA crystals. An X-ray crystallographic study of molecule–DNA cocrystals reveals the structural details on how the …
Construction and Structure Determination of a Three-Dimensional DNA Crystal
WEBAug 10, 2016 · Structural DNA nanotechnology combines branched DNA junctions with sticky-ended cohesion to create self-assembling macromolecular architectures. One of the key goals of structural DNA nanotechnology is to construct three-dimensional (3D) crystalline lattices.
A Crystalline DNA Device - Cell Press
WEBMay 11, 2017 · Although many DNA nanodevices have been designed and synthesized to this day, a recent paper published in Nature Chemistry shows that the founder of structural DNA nanotechnology has developed the first 3D DNA crystal that can operate as a multi-state, reusable device.