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The idea is a nanoscale extension of a sporting event called a `color run'. The filament is wrapped with a DNA origami `barrel', which acts as the nanoscale equivalent of a white t-shirt. The DNA t-shirt has dangling ss-DNA `handles' that…
DNA labeling is a powerful tool in molecular biology and biotechnology that allows for the visualization, detection, and study of DNA at the molecular level. Under this paradigm, a DNA molecule is being labeled by specific k patterns and is…
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Programmable optical neural networks (ONNs) can offer high-throughput and energy-efficient solutions for accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) computing. However, existing ONN architectures, typically based on cascaded unitary…
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I propose a technique for reading the base sequence of a single DNA molecule using a graphene nanogap.
Based on modern single molecule techniques, we devise a number of possible experimental setups to probe local properties of DNA such as the presence of DNA-knots, loops or folds, or to obtain information on the DNA-sequence. Similarly, DNA…
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The study of DNA charge dynamics is a highly interdisciplinary field that bridges physics, chemistry, biology, and medicine, and plays a critical role in processes such as DNA damage detection, protein-DNA interactions, and DNA-based…
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Molecular fingerprints are significant cheminformatics tools to map molecules into vectorial space according to their characteristics in diverse functional groups, atom sequences, and other topological structures. In this paper, we set out…