DNA Arrays with a Silver Lining

Chembiochem. 2017 Oct 5;18(19):1886-1887. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201700367. Epub 2017 Aug 17.

Abstract

The development of molecular electronics is one of the current focuses of bottom-up nanotechnology. DNA has been the building block for nanostructures with a variety of applications, and its use has been extended to the formation of conducting nanowires. The one-dimensional silver/DNA hybrid arrays reported recently are a step towards achieving longer DNA nanowires.

Keywords: DNA; metallo-base pairs; nanomaterials; nanowires; silver.

MeSH terms

  • DNA / chemistry*
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Nanotechnology
  • Nanowires / chemistry
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis*
  • Silver / chemistry*

Substances

  • Silver
  • DNA