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  • Nanotechnology
  • Materials Science
  • Biotechnology

Background:

  • Helical chiral structures are essential in nature and engineering.
  • Precise nanoscale control of these structures is difficult.
  • DNA nanotechnology offers a platform for creating complex nanoscale architectures.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To present a general design strategy for helical chiral DNA structures.
  • To enable bottom-up assembly of DNA nanosprings with tunable parameters.
  • To achieve precise control over chirality, diameter, and pitch at the nanoscale.

Main Methods:

  • Independent tuning of inner-module bending and inter-module phase-matching.
  • Utilizing DNA self-assembly principles.
  • Molecular dynamics simulations to analyze mechanical properties.

Main Results:

  • Achieved precise, continuous control over DNA nanospring chirality, screw diameter, and pitch.
  • Nanosprings have a wire diameter of approximately 10 nm.
  • Simulations revealed conformation-dependent mechanical properties and energy storage.
  • Observed enhanced circular dichroism signals indicating right-handed chirality.

Conclusions:

  • The modular assembly approach provides a programmable framework for designing supramolecular materials.
  • This strategy allows for tunable chirality in DNA nanostructures.
  • The method is compatible with DNA bricks and DNA origami, extensible to complex structures.