Suspending DNA Origami Between Four Gold Nanodots

Piero Morales; Liqian Wang; Abhichart Krissanaprasit; Claudia Dalmastri; Mario Caruso; Mattia De Stefano; Lucia Mosiello; Bruno Rapone; Antonio Rinaldi; Stefano Vespucci; Jesper Vinther; Scott Retterer; Kurt V Gothelf

doi:10.1002/smll.201501782

Suspending DNA Origami Between Four Gold Nanodots

Small. 2016 Jan 13;12(2):169-73. doi: 10.1002/smll.201501782. Epub 2015 Nov 17.

Affiliations

¹ Centro Ricerche della Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00123, S. Maria di Galeria, Roma, Italy.
² Centro NAST Università di Tor Vergata, Via della Ricerca Scientifica 1, 00133, Roma, Italy.
³ National Research Foundation, Center for DNA Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.
⁴ Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831-6496, USA.

PMID: 26573881
DOI: 10.1002/smll.201501782

Abstract

Rectangular DNA origami functionalized with thiols in each of the four corners immobilizes by self-assembly between lithographically patterned gold nanodots on a silicon oxide surface.

Keywords: DNA nanotechnology; DNA origami; electron beam lithography; nanodots; self-assembly.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

DNA / chemistry*
DNA / ultrastructure
Gold / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / chemistry*
Metal Nanoparticles / ultrastructure
Microscopy, Atomic Force
Nucleic Acid Conformation*

Substances

Gold
DNA