DNA纳米结构设计及晶格自组装。图片来源:Science
“光子晶体具有广泛的应用范围,然而,它们的制造非常麻烦”,慕尼黑大学的Gregor Posnjak博士说,“我们的挑战在于,通过DNA折纸,用更大的模块替换单个碳原子,将金刚石晶体结构扩大了500倍,与紫外可见光的波长相对应”[5]。“我们的工作与Tim Liedl组的优秀工作同期发表,分别利用DNA折纸实现金刚石和烧绿石晶格结构。我们的设计流程为利用生物纳米技术实现复杂3D几何结构的制备,打开了新的可能性”,亚利桑那州立大学Petr Šulc教授说。[6] 原文(扫描或长按二维码,识别后直达原文页面):Diamond-lattice photonic crystals assembled from DNA origamiGregor Posnjak, Xin Yin, Paul Butler, Oliver Bienek, Mihir Dass, Seungwoo, Ian D. Sharp, Tim LiedlScience 2024, 384, 781-785. DOI: 10.1126/science.adl2733 原文(扫描或长按二维码,识别后直达原文页面):Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of DNA origami through model-driven experimentsHao Liu, Michael Matthies, John Russo, Lorenzo Rovigatti, Raghu Pradeep Narayanan, Thong Diep, Daniel McKeen, Oleg Gang, Nicholas Stephanopoulos, Francesco Sciortino, Hao Yan, Flavio Romano, Petr ŠulcScience 2024, 384, 776-781. DOI: 10.1126/science.adl5549 参考文献:[1] N. C. Seeman, Nucleic-acid junctions and lattices. J. Theor. Biol. 1982, 99, 237–247. DOI: 10.1016/0022-5193(82)90002-9[2] P. Rothemund, Folding DNA to create nanoscale shapes and patterns. Nature 2006, 440, 297-302. DOI: 10.1038/nature04586[3] S. Dey, et al., DNA origami. Nat Rev Methods Primers2021, 1, 13. DOI: 10.1038/s43586-020-00009-8[4] Z. Li & C. Mao, Engineering colloidal crystals molecule by molecule. Science 2024, 384, 741-742. DOI: 10.1126/science.adp4370[5] Diamond glitter: a play of colors with artificial DNA crystalshttps://www.lmu.de/en/newsroom/news-overview/news/diamond-glitter-a-play-of-colors-with-artificial-dna-crystals.html[6] Petr Šulc教授的Twitter主页:https://twitter.com/petr_sulc/status/1791187913402655154 (本文由小希供稿)