Editing Nanowire (section)

=== DNA-templated metallic nanowire synthesis ===

An emerging field is to use DNA strands as scaffolds for metallic nanowire synthesis. This method is investigated both for the synthesis of metallic nanowires in electronic components and for biosensing applications, in which they allow the transduction of a DNA strand into a metallic nanowire that can be electrically detected. Typically, ssDNA strands are stretched, whereafter they are decorated with metallic nanoparticles that have been functionalised with short complementary ssDNA strands.<ref>{{cite journal | author = Guo|display-authors=etal| title = Efficient DNA-assisted synthesis of trans-membrane gold nanowires | doi=10.1038/micronano.2017.84 | journal = Microsystems & Nanoengineering| volume = 4 | pages = 17084 | year = 2018 |issue=1 | doi-access = free |bibcode=2018MicNa...417084G }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal = Langmuir | volume = 32 | issue = 40 | pages = 10159–10165 | title = Temperature-Dependent Charge Transport through Individually Contacted DNA Origami-Based Au Nanowires | doi=10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01961| pmid = 27626925 | year = 2016 | last1 = Teschome | first1 = Bezu | last2 = Facsko | first2 = Stefan | last3 = Schönherr | first3 = Tommy | last4 = Kerbusch | first4 = Jochen | last5 = Keller | first5 = Adrian | last6 = Erbe | first6 = Artur }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal = Physical Review Letters | volume = 86 | issue = 16 | pages = 3670–3 | title = Metallic Conduction through Engineered DNA: DNA Nanoelectronic Building Blocks | doi=10.1103/PhysRevLett.86.3670| pmid = 11328050 | bibcode=2001PhRvL..86.3670R| last1 = Rakitin | first1 = A | last2 = Aich | first2 = P | last3 = Papadopoulos | first3 = C | last4 = Kobzar | first4 = Yu | last5 = Vedeneev | first5 = A. S | last6 = Lee | first6 = J. S | last7 = Xu | first7 = J. M | year = 2001 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | journal = Advanced Materials | volume = 16| issue = 20| pages = 1799–1803| title = DNA-Templated Assembly of a Protein-Functionalized Nanogap Electrode| doi=10.1002/adma.200400244| year = 2004| last1 = Ongaro| first1 = A| last2 = Griffin| first2 = F| last3 = Nagle| first3 = L| last4 = Iacopino| first4 = D| last5 = Eritja| first5 = R| last6 = Fitzmaurice| first6 = D| bibcode = 2004AdM....16.1799O| s2cid = 97905129}}</ref>