DNA NANO SCIENCE FROM PREBIOTIC ORIGINS TO EMERGING NANOTECHNOLOGY
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- Author: KENNETH DOUGLAS
- ISBN: 9781498750127
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DNA Nanoscience: From Prebiotic Origins
to Emerging Nanotechnology melds two tales of DNA. One is a look at the first 35
years of DNA nanotechnology to better appreciate what lies ahead in this
emerging field. The other story looks back 4 billion years to the possible
origins of DNA which are shrouded in mystery. The book is divided into three
parts comprised of 15 chapters and two Brief Interludes.
Part I includes subjects
underpinning the book such as a primer on DNA, the broader discipline of
nanoscience, and experimental tools used by the principals in the narrative.
Part II examines the field of structural DNA nanotechnology, founded by
biochemist/crystallographer Nadrian Seeman, that uses DNA as a construction
material for nanoscale structures and devices, rather than as a genetic
material. Part III looks at the work of physicists Noel Clark and Tommaso
Bellini who found that short DNA (nanoDNA) forms liquid crystals that act as a
structural gatekeeper, orchestrating a series of self-assembly processes using
nanoDNA. This led to an explanation of the polymeric structure of DNA and of
how life may have emerged from the prebiotic clutter.