DNA nanotubes self-assembled from triple-crossover tiles as templates for conductive nanowires

@article{LaBean2004, abstract = {DNA-based nanotechnology is currently being developed as a general assembly method for nanopatterned materials that may find use in electronics, sensors, medicine, and many other fields. Here we present results on the construction and characterization of DNA nanotubes, a self-assembling superstructure composed of DNA tiles. Triple-crossover tiles modified with thiol-containing double-stranded DNA stems projected out of the tile plane were used as the basic building blocks. Triple-crossover nanotubes display a constant diameter of approx25 nm and have been observed with lengths up to 20 microm. We present high-resolution images of the constructs, experimental evidence of their tube-like nature as well as data on metallization of the nanotubes to form nanowires, and electrical conductivity measurements through the nanowires. DNA nanotubes represent a potential breakthrough in the self-assembly of nanometer-scale circuits for electronics layout because they can be targeted to connect at specific locations on larger-scale structures and can subsequently be metallized to form nanometer-scale wires. The dimensions of these nanotubes are also perfectly suited for applications involving interconnection of molecular-scale devices with macroscale components fabricated by conventional photolithographic methods. 10.1073/pnas.0305860101}, author = {Liu, Dage and Park, Sung H. and Reif, John H. and Labean, Thomas H. }, citeulike-article-id = {1304293}, doi = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0305860101}, journal = {PNAS}, keywords = {info, metallization, nanogold, nanotubes, nanowires, origami}, month = {January}, number = {3}, pages = {717--722}, posted-at = {2007-08-28 13:28:21}, priority = {4}, title = {DNA nanotubes self-assembled from triple-crossover tiles as templates for conductive nanowires}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0305860101}, volume = {101}, year = {2004} }

TY - JOUR ID - LaBean2004 L3 - citeulike-article-id:1304293 TI - DNA nanotubes self-assembled from triple-crossover tiles as templates for conductive nanowires JF - PNAS VL - 101 IS - 3 SP - 717 EP - 722 N2 - DNA-based nanotechnology is currently being developed as a general assembly method for nanopatterned materials that may find use in electronics, sensors, medicine, and many other fields. Here we present results on the construction and characterization of DNA nanotubes, a self-assembling superstructure composed of DNA tiles. Triple-crossover tiles modified with thiol-containing double-stranded DNA stems projected out of the tile plane were used as the basic building blocks. Triple-crossover nanotubes display a constant diameter of approx25 nm and have been observed with lengths up to 20 microm. We present high-resolution images of the constructs, experimental evidence of their tube-like nature as well as data on metallization of the nanotubes to form nanowires, and electrical conductivity measurements through the nanowires. DNA nanotubes represent a potential breakthrough in the self-assembly of nanometer-scale circuits for electronics layout because they can be targeted to connect at specific locations on larger-scale structures and can subsequently be metallized to form nanometer-scale wires. The dimensions of these nanotubes are also perfectly suited for applications involving interconnection of molecular-scale devices with macroscale components fabricated by conventional photolithographic methods. 10.1073/pnas.0305860101 KW - info KW - metallization KW - nanogold KW - nanotubes KW - nanowires KW - origami AU - Liu, Dage AU - Park, Sung AU - Reif, John AU - Labean, Thomas PY - 2004/01/20/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.0305860101 ER -