Charge transfer through DNA nanoscaled assembly programmable with DNA building blocks

Abstract

DNA nanostructures based on programmable DNA molecular recognition have been developed, but the nanoelectronics of using DNA is still challenging. A more rapid charge-transfer (CT) process through the DNA nanoassembly is required for further development of programmable DNA nanoelectronics. In this article, we present direct absorption measurements of the long-range CT over a 140-Å DNA assembly based on a GC repetitive sequence constructed by simply mixing DNA building blocks. We show that a CT through DNA nanoscale assembly is possible and programmable with the designed DNA sequence.