Uniform hybrid scaffolds

Transition metal ion incorporation in hybrid inorganic-nucleic acid structures adds another dimension to the field of DNA nanotechnology because metal ions, in particular those with unpaired d electrons, have a broad range of electronic and magnetic properties. In most applications in material science, DNA is used as a scaffold for uniform binding of metal ions either to nucleobases or to ligands attached to nucleobases. For example, Braun et al. 

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