Twisted DNA Origami-Based Chiral Monolayers for Spin Filtering

J Am Chem Soc. 2024 Mar 6;146(9):5883-5893. doi: 10.1021/jacs.3c11566. Epub 2024 Feb 26.

Abstract

DNA monolayers with inherent chirality play a pivotal role across various domains including biosensors, DNA chips, and bioelectronics. Nonetheless, conventional DNA chiral monolayers, typically constructed from single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) or double-stranded DNA (dsDNA), often lack structural orderliness and design flexibility at the interface. Structural DNA nanotechnology has emerged as a promising solution to tackle these challenges. In this study, we present a strategy for crafting highly adaptable twisted DNA origami-based chiral monolayers. These structures exhibit distinct interfacial assembly characteristics and effectively mitigate the structural disorder of dsDNA monolayers, which is constrained by a limited persistence length of ∼50 nm of dsDNA. We highlight the spin-filtering capabilities of seven representative DNA origami-based chiral monolayers, demonstrating a maximal one-order-of-magnitude increase in spin-filtering efficiency per unit area compared with conventional dsDNA chiral monolayers. Intriguingly, our findings reveal that the higher-order tertiary chiral structure of twisted DNA origami further enhances the spin-filtering efficiency. This work paves the way for the rational design of DNA chiral monolayers.

MeSH terms

  • DNA* / chemistry
  • DNA, Single-Stranded*
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nucleic Acid Conformation

Substances

  • DNA
  • DNA, Single-Stranded