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ArticleNature chemistry2026

Developing design guidelines for controlling charge transport in DNA.

Zahra Aminiranjbar, Caglanaz Akin Gultakti, Amy Zhang, Ersin Emre Oren, Joshua Hihath

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Article in Nature chemistry, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Zahra Aminiranjbar *Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Caglanaz Akin Gultakti *Bionanodesign Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey.ORCID 0000-0002-0227-1002
Amy ZhangDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA.
Ersin Emre OrenBionanodesign Laboratory, Department of Biomedical Engineering, TOBB University of Economics and Technology, Ankara, Turkey. eeoren@gmail.com.ORCID 0000-0001-5902-083X
Joshua HihathDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, USA. jhihath@asu.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2949-9293

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National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF2317843National Science Foundation (NSF) NSF2328217
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Abstract

Conceptual frameworks that describe the electronic structure of molecules are an integral part of understanding chemical structures and reaction mechanisms and designing organic compounds. Here we develop a preliminary set of design guidelines for controlling the electronic structure of DNA. Recent work indicates that charge delocalization occurs over several bases and results in coherence lengths greater than a single base pair. To examine the interactions between bases and their effects on delocalization, this study investigates the influence of nearest-neighbour base pair interactions on the charge transport properties of DNA duplexes that are predominantly composed of guanine-cytosine base pairs. Results show that, by manipulating the sequence, the conductance can be substantially modified without altering the molecular composition. The electronic density of states are then analysed to deduce a set of design guidelines aimed at maintaining high conductance values in long duplexes. Utilizing these rules, we demonstrate that 20-base-pair DNA sequences can exhibit conductance values surpassing 1 × 10

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DNABase PairingCytosineGuanineCytosineDNAGuanine

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