Mirjam Leunissen
FOM Physics Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
Strong control through weak bonds: new strategies for specific recognition, self-organization and self-replication in man-made materials
In this lecture, I will focus on the exciting new possibilities that
synthetic DNA offers for the creation of self-organizing and
self-replicating materials of nano- and micro-particles. DNA 'sticky
ends' with complementary nucleotide sequences, for instance, form
highly specific and reversible links between the particles. Besides
their application in directed self-assembly, I will discuss the
intriguing physics and broader implications of such (collections of)
weak ligand-receptor-like bonds.
Wed
02/22/2012
1:00pm
RLM 11.204
Mirjam Leunissen
FOM Physics Institute AMOLF, Amsterdam
Strong control through weak bonds: new strategies for specific recognition, self-organization and self-replication in man-made materials
In this lecture, I will focus on the exciting new possibilities that
synthetic DNA offers for the creation of self-organizing and
self-replicating materials of nano- and micro-particles. DNA 'sticky
ends' with complementary nucleotide sequences, for instance, form
highly specific and reversible links between the particles. Besides
their application in directed self-assembly, I will discuss the
intriguing physics and broader implications of such (collections of)
weak ligand-receptor-like bonds.
