NUCLEIC ACID CIRCUIT ELEMENTS AND METHODS

摘要

Organic circuit elements and methods are disclosed. An organic circuit eleme nt includes a plurality of members, each of which includes an oligonucleotide duplex. The plurality of members includes at least one donor member for receiving conduction electrons from an electron donor, at least one acceptor member for communicating with an electron acceptor to provide a region of attraction for the conduction electrons, and at least one regulator member intersecting with at least one of the plurality of members to define at leas t one electric field regulation junction, for cooperating with an electric fie ld regulator to regulate an electric field at the junction. A method of regulating an electronic signal between first and second locations in a conductive nucleic acid material includes varying an electrostatic potential at a third location in the nucleic acid material interposed between the firs t and second locations. The third location may include the regulation junction .