| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R66432/01 |
| Title: |
Three-Dimensional Digital Storgage Using DNA. |
| Principal Investigator: |
Davies, Professor AG |
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Physics |
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University of Cambridge |
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ROPA |
| Starts: |
30 April 2002 |
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29 June 2004 |
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179,381
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We will investigate molecular flourescence as a basis for three-dimensional digital storage. AN array of DNA molecules assembled perpendicular to a substrate surface will act as a selective three-dimensional scaffold for flourescent molecules ( flourophores ) via specific Watson-Crick pairing. By loading the DNA scaffold locally on a micron-scale with different types and concentrations of flourophores, information will not only be encoded in the plane of the substrate, but also vertically in the third dimension creating multi-bit words on a micron-scale. The coded information will be read by scanning focussed lasers of wavelengths appropriate for excitation of the flourophores across the surface.
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