Authors: Nils A Baas Nadrian C Seeman
Publish Date: 2011/09/17
Volume: 50, Issue: 1, Pages: 220-232
Abstract
The construction of chemical species with topological properties is an area of increasing interest Numerous such structures have been synthesized in recent years particularly from DNA which is a natural synthon for these molecules Recently higherorder topological structures have been introduced These hyperstructures consist of combinations of simple structures such as a Brunnian Link of Brunnian Links or a Hopf Ring of Hopf Rings or combinations thereof In this article we discuss the possibilities of constructing these hyperstructures with real molecules particularly emphasizing the tools that result from the double helical structure of DNA
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