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.
Liu
Dage
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Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA.
Wang
Mingsheng
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Deng
Zhaoxiang
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Walulu
Richard
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Mao
Chengde
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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