Nucleic Acid Based Nanostructures

Project Information

NUCAN

Grant agreement ID: 13775

Project closed

Start date 1 January 2005

End date 30 June 2008

Funded under

• Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006.

Total cost € 3 090 150,00

EU contribution € 2 250 945,00

Coordinated by

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Germany

Objective

The aim of the proposal is to develop a nanoscale toolbox to create smart materials based on the use of natural and artificial nucleic acids. Nanometer sized particles and single (bio)molecules will be connected with restricted and well defined placing to each other and to surfaces. Focus of the proposed STREP is to develop basic building blocks that are capable to arrange by self organisation facilitated by molecular recognition. Complexes generated by nucleic acid directed assembly may be non-periodic and non-regular to combine complex features. Examples of application of such material are incorporated in the project, to direct the development and show the potential of the long term-innovation introduced by NUCAN. Fields of application are bioanalytics, ph armaceutical receptor screening and nanoelectronics. Besides the information content and their dominant role in all life sciences, esp. genetics, nucleic acids have unique properties as polymers and as macromolecules. Both the addressability of each unique site within a given sequence on a nucleic acid strand by base recognition as well as the chemical homogeneity of the polymer through the repeating unit of the backbone makes nucleic acids ideal molecules for the construction of highly ordered but non-peri odic supramolecular entities. The aim of the proposal is to develop nanometer scale constructs made of nucleic acids in one, two and three dimensions. Basic principles and development of enabling technologies, detection and production processes are in the focus of the proposal to prepare a basis for applications of nucleic acid based nanoconstructs.

Fields of science

• natural sciences › biological sciences › biochemistry › biomolecules › nucleic acids
• natural sciences › biological sciences › genetics › DNA
• natural sciences › chemical sciences › inorganic chemistry › transition metals
• natural sciences › physical sciences › optics › microscopy
• engineering and technology › nanotechnology › nano-materials

Keywords

• Nanotechnology

Programme(s)

• FP6-NMP - Nanotechnologies and nanosciences, knowledge-based multifunctional materials and new production processes and devices: thematic priority 3 under the 'Focusing and integrating community research' of the 'Integrating and strengthening the European Research Area' specific programme 2002-2006.

Topic(s)

• NMP-2003-3.4.1.1-1 - Self-organisation and elf-assembling
• NMP-2003-3.4.2.1-2 - Modelling and design of multi-functional materials

Call for proposal

FP6-2003-NMP-TI-3-MAIN
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Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Hansastrasse 27 C ; MUENCHEN ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (9)

UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES

Denmark

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Blegdamsvej 3 ; COPENHAGEN
• Total cost: No data

INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL HIGH TECHNOLOGY

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Albert-Einstein-Str. 9 ; JENA
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 6, Kensington Terrace ; NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
• Total cost: No data

ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA - DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Via Zamboni 33 ; BOLOGNA
• Total cost: No data

KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET

Sweden

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Nobels väg 5 ; STOCKHOLM
• Total cost: No data

ALPHA CONTEC CONSULTING SERVICES GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Rudower Chaussee 29 IGZ/OWZ ; BERLIN
• Total cost: No data

NANOTEC ELECTRONICA S.L.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: Centro Empresarial Euronova 3, Ronda de Poniente 2, Edificio 2 - 1 A ; TRES CANTOS (MADRID)
• Total cost: No data

COMMISARIAT À L`ENERGIE ATOMIQUE

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 31/33 Rue de la Federation ; PARIS
• Total cost: No data

UNIVERSITÄT DORTMUND

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: August-Schmid-Strasse 4 ; DORTMUND
• Total cost: No data