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Self‐Assembly of Cyclic Metal–DNA Nanostructures using Ruthenium Tris(bipyridine)‐Branched Oligonucleotides
Author(s) -
Mitra Debbie,
Di Cesare Nicolas,
Sleiman Hanadi F.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200460255
Subject(s) - ruthenium , oligonucleotide , nanostructure , tris , dna , bipyridine , metal , crystallography , chemistry , materials science , self assembly , combinatorial chemistry , nanotechnology , polymer chemistry , stereochemistry , organic chemistry , crystal structure , biochemistry , catalysis
A discrete cyclic nanostructure was obtained through the self‐assembly of oligonucleotide‐branched metal complexes. The picture shows the metal–DNA nanostructure, which contains two DNA double‐helical arms and two relatively rigid redox‐ and photoactive [Ru(bpy) 3 ] 2+ vertices.