Issue 19, 2009
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Chemical Communications

DNA nanomachines and their functional evolution

Huajie Liu†a  and  Dongsheng Liu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a National Centre for NanoScience & Technology, No. 11 Beiyitiao, Zhongguancun, Beijing, China
E-mail: liuds@nanoctr.cn
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Abstract

Since the establishment of the Watson–Crick model more than five decades ago, the understandings of DNA structures are well sufficient to enable applications of DNA in designing and assembling two-dimensional (2D) and three-dimensional (3D) structures at the nanoscale. Furthermore, the conformational switchability of DNA also enables the fabrication of nanoscale molecular machines, which can perform movements upon stimuli. In this article, we will summarize the present efforts on constructions of DNA nanomachines based on different driven mechanisms, and further discuss their evolutional processes, in order to find applications and future development directions.

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B822719E
Article type
Feature Article
Submitted
17 Dec 2008
Accepted
10 Mar 2009
First published
06 Apr 2009

Chem. Commun., 2009, 2625-2636

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