title: Assembly of highly aligned DNA strands onto Si chips.
abstract: This paper reports a robust and efficient approach to assemble highly aligned DNA strands onto Si chips. The method combines advantages from molecular combing and microcontact printing to realize controlling both the density and direction of DNA strands on the Si chip. In addition, it also can be utilized to prepare stretched DNA structures on solid surfaces. Compared to approaches that use molecular combing directly on silanated surfaces, the stretched single-chain DNA structures are straighter. Furthermore, by exploiting the hydrophobic property of the intrinsic poly(dimethylsiloxane) stamp, this study also describes a simple way to produce straight bundled DNA arrays on Si and other substrates.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ 07102, USA.
authors.forename: Jianming
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yufeng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Stachura
authors.forename: Huixin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: He
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes / Q000737:chemistry; D057927:Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Interactions; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D036103:Nanotechnology; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D012825:Silicon / Q000737:chemistry*; D012828:Silicones / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D004129:Dimethylpolysiloxanes; D012828:Silicones; C013830:baysilon; D004247:DNA; D012825:Silicon