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Controlling the Chirality of DNA Nanocages
Author(s) -
Zhang Chuan,
Wu Weimin,
Li Xiang,
Tian Cheng,
Qian Hang,
Wang Guansong,
Jiang Wen,
Mao Chengde
Publication year - 2012
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.201203875
Subject(s) - nanocages , dna , dna nanotechnology , chirality (physics) , nanotechnology , dna origami , materials science , nanostructure , nanoscopic scale , chemistry , physics , biochemistry , catalysis , chiral symmetry breaking , quantum mechanics , nambu–jona lasinio model , quark
Playing DNA Twister : By using asymmetric DNA building blocks, self‐assembled DNA nanocages that are chiral on the nanoscale have been designed. The resulting DNA nanocages have been characterized with a variety of methods. Such chiral control could be useful for tuning the photonic/optical properties of DNA‐templated nanostructures.