DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal

B. Zhang, K. Martens, L. Kneer, T. Funck, L. Nguyen, R. Berger, M. Dass, S. Kempter, J. Schmidtke, T. Liedl, H.-S. Kitzerow, Nanomaterials 10 (2020).

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Zhang, Bingru; Martens, Kevin; Kneer, Luisa; Funck, Timon; Nguyen, Linh; Berger, Ricarda; Dass, Mihir; Kempter, Susanne; Schmidtke, Jürgen; Liedl, Tim; Kitzerow, Heinz-SiegfriedLibreCat
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<jats:p>Rod-like and sheet-like nano-particles made of desoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) fabricated by the DNA origami method (base sequence-controlled self-organized folding of DNA) are dispersed in a lyotropic chromonic liquid crystal made of an aqueous solution of disodium cromoglycate. The respective liquid crystalline nanodispersions are doped with a dichroic fluorescent dye and their orientational order parameter is studied by means of polarized fluorescence spectroscopy. The presence of the nano-particles is found to slightly reduce the orientational order parameter of the nematic mesophase. Nano-rods with a large length/width ratio tend to preserve the orientational order, while more compact stiff nano-rods and especially nano-sheets reduce the order parameter to a larger extent. In spite of the difference between the sizes of the DNA nano-particles and the rod-like columnar aggregates forming the liquid crystal, a similarity between the shapes of the former and the latter seems to be better compatible with the orientational order of the liquid crystal.</jats:p>
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Nanomaterials
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Zhang B, Martens K, Kneer L, et al. DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal. Nanomaterials. 2020;10(9). doi:10.3390/nano10091695
Zhang, B., Martens, K., Kneer, L., Funck, T., Nguyen, L., Berger, R., Dass, M., Kempter, S., Schmidtke, J., Liedl, T., & Kitzerow, H.-S. (2020). DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal. Nanomaterials, 10(9), Article 1695. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091695
@article{Zhang_Martens_Kneer_Funck_Nguyen_Berger_Dass_Kempter_Schmidtke_Liedl_et al._2020, title={DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal}, volume={10}, DOI={10.3390/nano10091695}, number={91695}, journal={Nanomaterials}, publisher={MDPI AG}, author={Zhang, Bingru and Martens, Kevin and Kneer, Luisa and Funck, Timon and Nguyen, Linh and Berger, Ricarda and Dass, Mihir and Kempter, Susanne and Schmidtke, Jürgen and Liedl, Tim and et al.}, year={2020} }
Zhang, Bingru, Kevin Martens, Luisa Kneer, Timon Funck, Linh Nguyen, Ricarda Berger, Mihir Dass, et al. “DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal.” Nanomaterials 10, no. 9 (2020). https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10091695.
B. Zhang et al., “DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal,” Nanomaterials, vol. 10, no. 9, Art. no. 1695, 2020, doi: 10.3390/nano10091695.
Zhang, Bingru, et al. “DNA Origami Nano-Sheets and Nano-Rods Alter the Orientational Order in a Lyotropic Chromonic Liquid Crystal.” Nanomaterials, vol. 10, no. 9, 1695, MDPI AG, 2020, doi:10.3390/nano10091695.

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