Acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscope for DNA Nanotechnology Research and Education

这个奖项给纽约大学是为DNA纳米技术研究和教育的原子力显微镜的收购。该AFM具有轻敲模式、光刻模式和自动高分辨率扫描等功能。DNA技术是纽约大学在过去二十年中开发的材料科学领域。 它是基于稳定的分支DNA基序和它们的特定关联的组合，作为定向生物技术，DNA粘端内聚。 这一领域的早期项目涉及几何物体的组装，例如DNA立方体和DNA截短八面体，可以通过凝胶电泳来表征。在纽约大学制造的物种是新材料，预计将在纳米电子学，纳米机器人，信息存储和结构生物物理学中应用。 实验正在进行中，通过将纳米电子元件连接到DNA阵列来将其组织成2D阵列。 将序列激活的装置并入阵列中将导致大量表征纳米机器人的结构上不同的状态。 对阵列进行机械和化学改性可以产生信息存储系统。该仪器将大大加速这一领域的发展。该奖项将有助于材料研究这一新领域的研究生和博士后的培训和教育。这个奖项给纽约大学是为DNA纳米技术研究和教育的原子力显微镜的收购。该AFM具有轻敲模式、光刻模式和自动高分辨率扫描等功能。DNA技术是纽约大学在过去二十年中开发的材料科学领域。 它是基于稳定的分支DNA基序和它们的特定关联的组合，作为定向生物技术，DNA粘端内聚。 这一领域的早期项目涉及几何物体的组装，例如DNA立方体和DNA截短八面体，可以通过凝胶电泳来表征。在纽约大学制造的物种是新材料，预计将在纳米电子学，纳米机器人，信息存储和结构生物物理学中应用。 实验正在进行中，通过将纳米电子元件连接到DNA阵列来将其组织成2D阵列。 将序列激活的装置并入阵列中将导致大量表征纳米机器人的结构上不同的状态。 对阵列进行机械和化学改性可以产生信息存储系统。该仪器将大大加速这一领域的发展。该奖项将有助于材料研究这一新领域的研究生和博士后的培训和教育。

This award to New York University is for the acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscope for DNA nanotechnology research and education. The features of the AFM include tapping mode, lithography mode and automatic high-resolution scanning. DNA technology is an area of materials science developed at NYU over the past two decades. It is based on the combination of stable branched DNA motifs and their specific associations as directed biotechnological technique, DNA sticky-ended cohesion. Early projects in this area involved the assembly of geometrical objects, such as a DNA cube and a DNA truncated octahedron that could be characterized by gel electrophoresis. The species made at NYU are novel materials that are expected to have applications in nanoelectronics, nanorobotics, information storage, and structural biophysics. Experiments are underway to organize nanoelectronic components in 2D arrays by attaching them to DNA arrays. The incorporation of the sequence-activated device into an array will lead to the large numbers of structurally distinct states that characterize nanorobotics. Mechanical and chemical modification of arrays can lead to information storage systems. This instrumentation will accelerate significantly the development of this field. The award will contribute to the training and education of graduate students and postdocs in this new area of materials research.%%%This award to New York University is for the acquisition of an Atomic Force Microscope for DNA nanotechnology research and education. The features of the AFM include tapping mode, lithography mode and automatic high-resolution scanning. DNA technology is an area of materials science developed at NYU over the past two decades. It is based on the combination of stable branched DNA motifs and their specific associations as directed biotechnological technique, DNA sticky-ended cohesion. Early projects in this area involved the assembly of geometrical objects, such as a DNA cube and a DNA truncated octahedron that could be characterized by gel electrophoresis. The species made at NYU are novel materials that are expected to have applications in nanoelectronics, nanorobotics, information storage, and structural biophysics. Experiments are underway to organize nanoelectronic components in 2D arrays by attaching them to DNA arrays. The incorporation of the sequence-activated device into an array will lead to the large numbers of structurally distinct states that characterize nanorobotics. Mechanical and chemical modification of arrays can lead to information storage systems. This instrumentation will accelerate significantly the development of this field. The award will contribute to the training and education of graduate students and postdocs in this new area of materials research.