Single-molecule junction spontaneously restored by DNA zipper

Takanori Harashima; Shintaro Fujii; Yuki Jono; Tsuyoshi Terakawa; Noriyuki Kurita; Satoshi Kaneko; Manabu Kiguchi; Tomoaki Nishino

doi:10.1038/s41467-021-25943-3

Nature Communications (Oct 2021)

Single-molecule junction spontaneously restored by DNA zipper

Takanori Harashima,
Shintaro Fujii,
Yuki Jono,
Tsuyoshi Terakawa,
Noriyuki Kurita,
Satoshi Kaneko,
Manabu Kiguchi,
Tomoaki Nishino

Affiliations

Takanori Harashima: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Shintaro Fujii: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Yuki Jono: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tsuyoshi Terakawa: Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University
Noriyuki Kurita: Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Toyohashi University of Technology
Satoshi Kaneko: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Manabu Kiguchi: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology
Tomoaki Nishino: Department of Chemistry, School of Science, Tokyo Institute of Technology

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25943-3
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 12, no. 1
pp. 1 – 7

Abstract

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The versatility of DNA has inspired many single-molecule investigations utilizing nanotechnology. Harashima et al. have a somewhat different take on the subject and study a zipper configuration bridging electrodes that resembles an active electro-mechanical component instead.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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