Dna templating of dyes into long polymer dye aggregates (superdyes) using monomer or aggregate sub-units

Abstract

Chemical (e.g., click chemistry), enzymatic- or photo-induced polymerization or other polymerization approaches (e.g., thermally activated) of (1) single dyes (monomer) can be used to produce an extended dye network in which each successive dye is arranged in a head-to-tail arrangement (J-like packing arrangement) of their transition dipole moments or (2) dye aggregate sub-units to achieve polymer branching. Furthermore, various routing patterns are achieved by templating a linear series of dyes onto DNA oligomers of various configurations. Dye aggregate dye sub-unit junctions (e.g., triad, tetrad, pentad, hexad, etc.) are used to achieve polymer branching enable creating various circuit patterns and circuit elements (e.g., optical transistors, gates, etc.). Branched configurations can occur on any surface (e.g., DNA nanostructure, chips substrate, hydrogel, etc.) using DNA (or any similar specific [bio]chemistry).

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