Miniaturization of Nucleic Acid Assemblies in Nanodevice: Nano-Oddities

Abstract

In the past decades, it has been evident that nano miniaturization technology plays a vital role in innovations, biomedical and industrial applications. Most importantly, the use of Lab on chip (LOC) is revolutionizing and highly replacing the use of conventional technologies due to its advantages that include reliability, biocompatibility, tunability, portability, controllability, cost-effective, low time, and energy consumption with more accurate results. The different nucleic acid structures formed by non-classical ways of pairing can result in highly stable structures, known as nano-oddities. These nucleic acid nano-oddities could be fabricated for a wide range of applications with unique properties. This review encompasses the major findings, advances, fabrication, miniaturization, applications, and the future prospects of nucleic acid assemblies in different kinds of nanodevices.