DNA origami functionalised nanoscale surfaces

该项目旨在结合自上而下和自下而上纳米制造的优点来构建混合结构。在传统的自上而下的纳米制造中，大型系统对半导体衬底进行图案设计，以构建复杂的设备。相比之下，在新兴的自下而上的纳米技术领域，分子相互作用的巧妙设计推动了更小的构件自组装成更复杂的结构，具有更小的特征。该项目旨在弥合这两种技术之间的差距，以构建功能设备。例如，这些设备将被应用于了解生物学问题，例如为什么植入的医疗设备上会形成血栓--它们失败的主要原因。

This project aims to combine the strengths of top-down and bottom-up nanofabrication to build hybrid structures. In traditional top-down nanofabrication, large systems pattern a semiconductor substrate to build up sophisticated devices. In contrast, in the emerging field of bottom-up nanotechnology, clever design of molecular interactions drives the self-assembly of smaller building blocks into more complex structures, with smaller features. This project aims to bridge the gap between these two technologies to build functional devices. These devices will be applied, for example, to understand biological problems such as why blood clots form on implanted medical devices - their main cause of failure.