title: DNA triangles and self-assembled hexagonal tilings.
abstract: We have designed and constructed DNA complexes in the form of triangles. We have created hexagonal planar tilings from these triangles via self-assembly. Unlike previously reported structures self-assembled from DNA, our structures appear to involve bending of double helices. Bending helices may be a useful design option in the creation of self-assembled DNA structures. It has been suggested that DNA self-assembly may lead to novel materials and efficient computational devices.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory for Molecular Science, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089-1340, USA.
authors.forename: Nickolas
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chelyapov
authors.forename: Yuriy
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Brun
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gopalkrishnan
authors.forename: Dustin
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Reishus
authors.forename: Bilal
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Shaw
authors.forename: Leonard
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Adleman
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA