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DNA Tile Based Self‐Assembly: Building Complex Nanoarchitectures
Author(s) -
Lin Chenxiang,
Liu Yan,
Rinker Sherri,
Yan Hao
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200600260
Subject(s) - tile , nanotechnology , self assembly , dna origami , dna nanotechnology , nanostructure , nanometre , dna , materials science , chemistry , biochemistry , composite material
DNA tile based self‐assembly provides an attractive route to create nanoarchitectures of programmable patterns. It also offers excellent scaffolds for directed self‐assembly of nanometer‐scale materials, ranging from nanoparticles to proteins, with potential applications in constructing nanoelectronic/nanophotonic devices and protein/ligand nanoarrays. This Review first summarizes the currently available DNA tile toolboxes and further emphasizes recent developments toward self‐assembling DNA nanostructures with increasing complexity. Exciting progress using DNA tiles for directed self‐assembly of other nanometer scale components is also discussed.