Macroscopic liquid crystal response to isolated DNA helices |
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| Authors: | Malone Stephanie M Schwartz Daniel K |
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| Institution: | Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, Colorado 80309, USA. |
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| Abstract: | Nematic liquid crystals (LC) were exposed to isolated DNA molecules extended on a surface that imparted a negligible influence on the LC orientation. Although single-stranded DNA aligned the LC in the extension direction, double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) caused alignment at an oblique angle, providing a characteristic response to the chiral dsDNA helix that was readily observed optically. The intrinsic amplification due to LC orientational correlations enabled a macroscopic visible response to a single molecule of extended dsDNA. |
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