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 sciencesbiological sciencesbiochemistrybiomoleculesnucleic acidsnatural sciencesbiological sciencesgeneticsDNAnatural scienceschemical sciencesinorganic chemistrytransition metalsnatural sciencesphysical sciencesopticsmicroscopyengineering and technologynanotechnologynano-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 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V. Address Hansastrasse 27 c Muenchen Germany See on map Links Website Opens in new window EU contribution € 0,00 Participants (9) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN, FACULTY OF HEALTH SCIENCES Denmark EU contribution € 0,00 Address Blegdamsvej 3 Copenhagen See on map Links Website Opens in new window INSTITUTE OF PHYSICAL HIGH TECHNOLOGY Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Albert-einstein-str. 9 Jena See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE United Kingdom EU contribution € 0,00 Address 6, kensington terrace Newcastle upon tyne See on map Links Website Opens in new window ALMA MATER STUDIORUM UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA - DEPARTMENT OF BIOCHEMISTRY Italy EU contribution € 0,00 Address Via zamboni 33 Bologna See on map Links Website Opens in new window KAROLINSKA INSTITUTET Sweden EU contribution € 0,00 Address Nobels väg 5 Stockholm See on map Links Website Opens in new window ALPHA CONTEC CONSULTING SERVICES GMBH Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address Rudower chaussee 29 igz/owz Berlin See on map NANOTEC ELECTRONICA S.L. Spain EU contribution € 0,00 Address Centro empresarial euronova 3, ronda de poniente 2, edificio 2 - 1 a Tres cantos (madrid) See on map Links Website Opens in new window COMMISARIAT À L`ENERGIE ATOMIQUE France EU contribution € 0,00 Address 31/33 rue de la federation Paris See on map Links Website Opens in new window UNIVERSITÄT DORTMUND Germany EU contribution € 0,00 Address August-schmid-strasse 4 Dortmund See on map Links Website Opens in new window
