title: Precision polymers and 3D DNA nanostructures: emergent assemblies from new parameter space.
abstract: Polymer self-assembly and DNA nanotechnology have both proved to be powerful nanoscale techniques. To date, most attempts to merge the fields have been limited to placing linear DNA segments within a polydisperse block copolymer. Here we show that, by using hydrophobic polymers of a precisely predetermined length conjugated to DNA strands, and addressable 3D DNA prisms, we are able to effect the formation of unprecedented monodisperse quantized superstructures. The structure and properties of larger micelles-of-prisms were probed in depth, revealing their ability to participate in controlled release of their constituent nanostructures, and template light-harvesting energy transfer cascades, mediated through both the addressability of DNA and the controlled aggregation of the polymers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Centre for Self-assembled Chemical Structures, McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 0B8, Canada.
authors.forename: Christopher J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Serpell
authors.forename: Thomas G W
authors.initials: TG
authors.lastname: Edwardson
authors.forename: Pongphak
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Chidchob
authors.forename: Karina M M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Carneiro
authors.forename: Hanadi F
authors.initials: HF
authors.lastname: Sleiman
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D008823:Micelles; D049329:Nanostructures; D011108:Polymers / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D008823:Micelles; D011108:Polymers; D004247:DNA