Reorganization of Self?Assembled DNA?Based Polymers using Orthogonally Addressable Building Blocks**

Icosahedral virus particles as addressable nanoscale building blocks.

Nanochemistry is the synthesis and study of well-defined structures with dimensions of 1 ± 100 nanometers (nm), and thus spans the size range between molecules and materials.[1] While supramolecular chemistry (making small molecules bigger) and microfabrication techniques (making big structures smaller) attack from the flanks, biology employs many constructs of this size. Examples include the p...

A new fixation strategy for addressable nano-network building blocks.

Rapid controlled self-assembly makes DNA ideal for building nanostructures. A problem using hybridized intermediates in hierarchic assembly is their thermodynamic lability. We demonstrate a click-fixation technology by which robust hexagonal DNA modules can be made. This principle is applicable to a wide variety of DNA nanoconstructs.

Dynamic motion of building blocks in porous coordination polymers.

Simulation Using Building Blocks

In this paper we sketch how the use of building blocks provides added value for improving the effectiveness of simulation studies. Research conducted by other groups regarding building blocks is in our view not yet sufficient for successful application in the field of discrete event simulation. In addition the sets of building blocks provided by simulation vendors do not provide the added value...

End–Functionalized Polymers: Versatile Building Blocks for Soft Materials

We present a concise review of telechelic polymers of various architectures, focusing on the structure, solute solvent interactions, aggregation processes, equilibrium and dynamical properties and applications. Telechelics are macromolecules with functionalized, mutually attractive endgroups, which assume a variety of conformations that depend on solvent quality, salinity and pH of the solvent,...