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Self-assembly of porphyrin-DNA hybrids into large flat nanostructures.

G ChatelainG ClavéC Saint-PierreD GasparuttoStephane Campidelli
Published in: Organic & biomolecular chemistry (2017)
The main aim of nanotechnology is to create functional systems by controlling the matter at the nanometer level. In this context DNA is a versatile building block for the fabrication of micrometer-scale objects with a subnanometer-scale resolution. Over the last 15 years, DNA nanotechnology has considerably developed with the invention of DNA origami, double crossover structures and molecule/oligonucleotide hybrids. Our interest is focused on the combination of short complementary DNA sequences with organic molecules with a view to create large self-assembled nanostructures. Here we report on the synthesis of porphyrin derivatives bearing up to four 21-mer oligonucleotides and we demonstrate that the combination of the molecular hybrids containing complementary DNA strands leads to the formation of large nanostructures with micrometer-scale size.
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