Micromachines (Sep 2021)

DNA Studies: Latest Spectroscopic and Structural Approaches

  • Monica Marini,
  • Francesca Legittimo,
  • Bruno Torre,
  • Marco Allione,
  • Tania Limongi,
  • Luciano Scaltrito,
  • Candido Fabrizio Pirri,
  • Enzo di Fabrizio

DOI
https://doi.org/10.3390/mi12091094
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 12, no. 9
p. 1094

Abstract

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This review looks at the different approaches, techniques, and materials devoted to DNA studies. In the past few decades, DNA nanotechnology, micro-fabrication, imaging, and spectroscopies have been tailored and combined for a broad range of medical-oriented applications. The continuous advancements in miniaturization of the devices, as well as the continuous need to study biological material structures and interactions, down to single molecules, have increase the interdisciplinarity of emerging technologies. In the following paragraphs, we will focus on recent sensing approaches, with a particular effort attributed to cutting-edge techniques for structural and mechanical studies of nucleic acids.

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