techniques.
An obvious application of patterned DNA origami would be the
creation of a ‘nanobreadboard’, to which diverse components could
be added. The attachment of proteins23, for example, might allow
novel biological experiments aimed at modelling complex protein
assemblies and examining the effects of spatial organization, whereas
molecular electronic or plasmonic circuits might be created by
attaching nanowires, carbon nanotubes or gold nanoparticles24.
These ideas suggest that scaffolded DNA origami could find use in
fields as diverse as molecular biology and device physics