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Title:
Molecular fabrication: Aligning DNA molecules as building blocks

Language:English
Type:Article
Authors:Masatoshi Ichikawa, Yukiko Matsuzawa, Yoshiyuki Koyama and Kenichi Yoshikawa
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Journal:Langmuir
ISSN:0743-7463
Volume:19
Number:13
Month:6
Year:2003
Actual year:2003
Pages:5444–5447
doi:10.1021/la034338t
bibtex id:2003_Langmuir_Ichikawa_03-12_277
Abstract:
We report here a novel method for assembling macromolecules in a sequential order. Individual DNA molecules can be prefabricated into a linear micrometer-sized pearling chain, or colored bar, under trapping with a focused IR laser, by using a suitable chemical agent, Chol-PEG-A (poly(ethylene glycol) with amino- and cholesteryl-pendant groups), to complex with DNA. Using the laser, these fabricated bars can then be pieced together into a complex structure. This approach could be useful for the further development of micromanufacture using macromolecules as nanoelements.
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2003
"Molecular fabrication: Aligning DNA molecules as building blocks"
Masatoshi Ichikawa, Yukiko Matsuzawa, Yoshiyuki Koyama and Kenichi Yoshikawa, Langmuir, 19(13), 5444–5447 (2003)
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doi:10.1021/la034338t