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Stable DNA Motifs, 1D and 2D Nanostructures Constructed from Small Circular DNA Molecules
Published on: April 12, 2019
Fascinating interlocked triacontanuclear giant nanocages
Sukhen Bala1,2, Sohel Akhtar1, Jun-Liang Liu2
1School of Chemical Science Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, 2A & 2B, Raja S. C. Mullick Road, Kolkata-700032, West Bengal, India. icrm@iacs.res.in.
Abstract:
We report herein three air, thermal and solvent stable interlocked triacontanuclear giant nanocages, generated using a node and spacer concept. Interestingly, the crystal structures of the cages are not only nano-dimensional but also exist in the nano-dimension range, which was corroborated with microscopic images. The combination of microscopic and crystallographic data, in effect, led us to a unique advantageous situation of generating nanomaterials with hard-to-come-by structural information at the molecular level.
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