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Supramolecular rulers enabling selective detection of pure short ssDNA via chiral self-assembly
Istvan Kocsis1, Alexandru Rotaru, Yves-Marie Legrand
1Adaptive Supramolecular Nanosystems Group, Institut Européen des Membranes, University of Montpellier/ENSCM/CNRS 5635, Pl. Eugène Bataillon, CC 047, 34095 Montpellier, Cedex 5, France. mihail-dumitru.barboiu@univ-montp2.fr.
Abstract:
Multivalent self-assembly of trifunctional aromatic propellers and ssDNA results in the formation of chiral supramolecular assemblies that can be used for the detection of small fragments of ssDNA with different lengths and compositions.

