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Directional Assembly of Nanoparticles by DNA Shapes: Towards Designed Architectures and Functionality

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In bottom–up self-assembly, DNA nanotechnology plays a vital role in the development of novel materials and promises to revolutionize nanoscale manufacturing technologies. DNA shapes exhibit many versatile characteristics, such as their addressability and programmability, which can be used for determining the organization of nanoparticles. Furthermore, the precise design of DNA tiles and origami provides a promising technique to synthesize various complex desired architectures. These nanoparticle-based structures with targeted organizations open the possibility to specific applications in sensing, optics, catalysis, among others. Here we review progress in the development and design of DNA shapes for the self-assembly of nanoparticles and discuss the broad range of applications for these architectures.

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The work was supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant nos. 21971109 and 21834004), Jiangsu Youth Fund (Grant no. BK20180337), the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (Grant no. 14380151), and the US Department of Energy, Office of Basic Energy Sciences (Grant DE-SC0008772). The research carried out at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory was supported by US Department of Energy, Office of Science Facility, under Contract No. DE-SC0012704. This work was also supported by the Program for Innovative Talents and Entrepreneur in Jiangsu (No. 133181), Shenzhen International Cooperation Research Project (No. GJHZ20180930090602235) and Nanjing Science and Technology Innovation Project for Oversea Scholars’ Merit Funding (No. 133170).

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    Ningning Ma, Min Ji & Ye Tian

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Ma, N., Minevich, B., Liu, J. et al. Directional Assembly of Nanoparticles by DNA Shapes: Towards Designed Architectures and Functionality. Top Curr Chem (Z) 378, 36 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s41061-020-0301-0

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