Nanoarchitectonics beyond Self‐Assembly: Challenges to Create Bio‐Like Hierarchic Organization

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Nanoarchitectonics with Porphyrin Functionalized DNA

DNA is well-known as bearer of the genetic code. Since its structure elucidation nearly seven decades ago by Watson, Crick, Wilkins, and Franklin, much has been learned about its detailed structure, function, and genetic coding. The development of automated solid-phase synthesis, and with it the availability of synthetic DNA with any desired sequence in lengths of up to hundreds of bases in the...

Hierarchic contracting

We analyze the contracting structure in a moral hazard setting with several agents where output is produced jointly and is the only contractible variable. Since the salary of each agent is a function of all agents efforts, a positive externality arises between them. This externality is not internalised by a centralised structure where the principal contracts directly with each agent. Instead, w...

DNA nanoarchitectonics: assembled DNA at interfaces.

DNA is a powerful biomaterial for creating rationally designed and functionally enhanced nanostructures. DNA nanoarchitectures positioned at substrate interfaces can offer unique advantages leading to improved surface properties relevant to biosensing, nanotechnology, materials science, and cell biology. This Perspective highlights the benefits and challenges of using assembled DNA as a nanosca...

Bios: Creative Organization Beyond Chaos

Bios is a new type of organization characterized by the continual generation of novel patterns. Bios thus provides a new concept regarding physiological regulation and creative evolution. Different types of biotic patterns have been found in physiological and economic time series, and can be generated by the process equation A(t+1) = A(t)+ g t sin(A(t)) that models the diversity of positive and...