TY  - JOUR
A1  - Gamella, Maria
A1  - Zakharchenko, Andrey
A1  - Guz, Nataliia
A1  - Masi, Madeline
A1  - Minko, Sergiy
A1  - Kolpashchikov, Dmitry M.
A1  - Iken, Heiko
A1  - Poghossian, Arshak
A1  - Schöning, Michael Josef
A1  - Katz, Evgeny
T1  - DNA computing system activated by electrochemically triggered DNA realease from a polymer-brush-modified electrode array
JF  - Electroanalysis
N2  - An array of four independently wired indium tin oxide (ITO) electrodes was used for electrochemically stimulated DNA release and activation of DNA-based Identity, AND and XOR logic gates. Single-stranded DNA molecules were loaded on the mixed poly(N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate) (PDMAEMA)/poly(methacrylic acid) (PMAA) brush covalently attached to the ITO electrodes. The DNA deposition was performed at pH 5.0 when the polymer brush is positively charged due to protonation of tertiary amino groups in PDMAEMA, thus resulting in electrostatic attraction of the negatively charged DNA. By applying electrolysis at −1.0 V(vs. Ag/AgCl reference) electrochemical oxygen reduction resulted in the consumption of hydrogen ions and local pH increase near the electrode surface. The process resulted in recharging the polymer brush to the negative state due to dissociation of carboxylic groups of PMAA, thus repulsing the negatively charged DNA and releasing it from the electrode surface. The DNA release was performed in various combinations from different electrodes in the array assembly. The released DNA operated as input signals for activation of the Boolean logic gates. The developed system represents a step forward in DNA computing, combining for the first time DNA chemical processes with electronic input signals.
Y1  - 2017
U6  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/elan.201600389
SN  - 1521-4109
VL  - 29
IS  - 2
SP  - 398
EP  - 408
PB  - Wiley-VCH
CY  - Weinheim
ER  -