Help with Understanding DNA Nano Wire

[s@Ed-biophysics]

Hi there

Is there anyone to help me about a definition of "DNA nano wire"?!

 

[Ryan_m_b]

What research have you done yourself into this? Answering that will help others help you.

A nano-wire is a nanoscale wire, i.e. for conducting electricity which would be a great help for the creation of nanoscale electronics. A DNA nano-wire is simply a nano-wire made from DNA. There are several advantages that DNA nano-wires could have, mainly the manufacturing ease and low cost that using DNA could bring. There are various unsolved problems with this type of technology, this paper examines how useful a short section of DNA could be and highlights some challenges:

DNA charge transport over 34 nm
Slinker et al (2011)
http://www.nature.com/nchem/journal/v3/n3/abs/nchem.982.html