Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
Angewandte Chemie - International Edition
2 years ago

Finite Assembly of Three‐Dimensional DNA Hierarchical Nanoarchitectures through Orthogonal and Directional Bonding

Yihao Zhou, Jinyi Dong, Chao Zhou, Qiangbin Wang
Reliable orthogonal bonding with precise and flexible orientation control would be ideal for building finite complex nanostructures via self-assembly. Employing a three-dimensional (3D) DNA origami, hexagonal prism DNA origami (HDO), as building block, we demonstrate it is practical to construct finite hierarchical nanoarchitectures with complicated conformations through orthogonal and directional bonding. The as-designed HDO building block has twelve prescribed directional valences in 3D space and each of them supports two opposite orientations, yielding the capability to generate abundant directional bonding. Meanwhile, we minimize the thorny non-specific interactions among HDOs and enable the orthogonal bonding between any two valences based on self-similar designing. Consequently, various hierarchical nanostructures are prepared at will simply by the combination of HDOs with appropriate valences. We believe this route towards hierarchically assembly is inspiring and hope it would facilitate the fabrication of functional superstructures.

Publisher URL: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/anie.202116416

DOI: 10.1002/anie.202116416

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