DNA and Nanomechanics
PhD defence, Monday 6 February 2012. Martin Kristiansen.
2012.02.02 |
Martin Kristiansen
For the last four years, Martin Kristiansen has been carrying out research into subjects in DNA nanotechnology that range from developing a new method of attaching DNA strands to electrode surfaces used in biosensors to developing mechanical devices made of DNA.
Martin Kristiansen’s exploration of DNA-based mechanics was divided into two different projects. He carried out one of these on a visit to New York University, and it deals with changing the right-handed DNA helix to a left-handed one, and what effects this has on the molecules attached to the helix.
The other project was carried out at Aarhus University and aimed to show that it is possible to build large mechanical systems by combining several smaller mechanical units in one large system. To do this, he made two different DNA structures with a form and function that can be compared with sprocket chains, and showed that they could be joined in one large mechanical structure. In addition, he showed that the mechanical movement in one part of the device spread to the other part.
Time: Monday 6 February 2012 at 14.15
Place: Lecture Theatre I, building 1541, room 213, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University
Title of dissertation: Sensing and Dynamics in DNA Nanotechnology – Actuators, Biosensors, and Chiroptical Switches
Contact information: Martin Kristiansen, lille.kemiker@gmail.com, +45 2294 0083
Members of the assessment committee:
Professor Andriy Mokhir, Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Heidelberg University, Germany
Professor Robert Madsen, Department of Chemistry, Technical University of Denmark
Professor Frank Jensen (chair), Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University
Main supervisor:
Professor Kurt Vesterager Gothelf, Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University
Language: The dissertation will be defended in English
The defence is public.
The dissertation is available for reading at the Graduate School of Science and Technology / GSST, Ny Munkegade 120, building 1521, room 112, 8000 Aarhus C.
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