Showing papers on "Nanobiotechnology published in 2000"
TL;DR: The use of DNA for the selective positioning of macromolecular components, the fabrication of nanostructured DNA scaffolds, as well as the DNA-templated synthesis of nanometer-sized and mesoscopic complexes, consisting of inorganic and bioorganic compounds, are exciting areas of current research.
242 citations
TL;DR: This article considers what advances have been made through cross-fertilisation between nanotechnology and biotechnology to develop for the next millennium new analytical tools at the microscale, using nanostructures as the sensitive part and with the ability to detect individual molecules.
Abstract: Physical methods of molecule observation and manipulation will
prove useful, not only as research tools for investigating biomolecular
structure and behavior, but also for the creation of nanostructures.
Supramolecular and self-assembling structures are able to generate
nanostructures, with many such systems being of biological origin. They
form the interface between nanotechnology and biotechnology. Whereas
biotechnological processes usually involve populations of cells or
molecules, nanotechnological methods operate at the level of individual
molecule manipulation. This article considers what advances have been made
through cross-fertilisation between nanotechnology and biotechnology to
develop for the next millennium new analytical tools at the microscale,
using nanostructures as the sensitive part and with the ability to detect
individual molecules.
59 citations