The field of nanotechnology has grown over the last two decades and made the transition
from the benchtop to applied technologies. Nanoscale-sized particles, or nanoparticles …

Based on fundamental chemistry, biotechnology and materials science have developed
over the past three decades into today's powerful disciplines which allow the engineering of …

In biology, nucleic acids are carriers of molecular information: DNA's base sequence stores
and imparts genetic instructions, while RNA's sequence plays the role of a messenger and a …

Protein biochips are at the heart of many medical and bioanalytical applications. Increasing
interest has been focused on surface activation and subsequent functionalization strategies …

The field of nanotechnology has grown exponentially during the last few decades, due in
part to the use of nanoparticles in many manufacturing processes, as well as their potential …

Conjugation with artificial nucleic acids allows proteins to be modified with a synthetically
accessible, robust tag. This attachment is addressable in a highly specific manner by means …

Conspectus DNA is regarded as an excellent nanomaterial due to its supramolecular
property of duplex formation through A–T and G–C complementary pairs. By simply …

Conventional linear polymers are characterized by mainchain covalent bonds and by
nonbonded interactions among groups localized at specific sites of repeating units …

DNA has many physical and chemical properties that make it a powerful material for
molecular constructions at the nanometer length scale. In particular, its ability to form …

The structural properties that enable DNA to serve so effectively as genetic material can also
be used for other purposes. The complementarity that leads to the pairing of the strands of …