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A DNA Nanomachine Powered by Light Irradiation
Author(s) -
Liang Xingguo,
Nishioka Hidenori,
Takenaka Nobutaka,
Asanuma Hiroyuki
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chembiochem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.05
H-Index - 126
eISSN - 1439-7633
pISSN - 1439-4227
DOI - 10.1002/cbic.200700649
Subject(s) - azobenzene , tweezers , irradiation , oligonucleotide , optical tweezers , dna , chemistry , nanotechnology , materials science , optoelectronics , optics , physics , polymer , biochemistry , organic chemistry , nuclear physics
Light fuel : Photoresponsive nanoscale tweezers fuelled by photons were constructed with azobenzene‐modified DNA. The tweezers were photoswitched to the open state with UV light irradiation ( λ =330–350 nm) and to the closed state with visible light ( λ =440–460 nm) without the addition of further oligonucleotides as fuel.