Tensegrity: construction of rigid DNA triangles with flexible four-arm DNA junctions.
A tensegrity strategy has been explored to construct a rigid geometrical structure (triangles) from flexible DNA four-arm junctions. The resulting DNA triangles could self-assemble into 1D and 2D arrays. This tensegrity strategy is expected to play an important role in the design of biomimetic nanomaterials.
Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Dage
D
Liu
Mingsheng
M
Wang
Zhaoxiang
Z
Deng
Richard
R
Walulu
Chengde
C
Mao
D004247:DNA / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry*; D004548:Elasticity; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D008958:Models, Molecular; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
D004247:DNA