Tel Aviv University

Technology Innovation Momentum Fund (israel) Limited Partnership

Or Berger

Ehud Gazit

Lihi Adler-Abramovich

Ordered structures composed of a plurality of self-assembled peptide nucleic acid (PNA) monomers, and processes of generating same are provided. The plurality of PNA monomers includes modified PNA monomers which are N-protected PNA monomers and/or which feature at least one aromatic moiety attached to a backbone, a nucleobase and/or a nucleobase linkage unit of the PNA monomer. Tunable photonic crystals formed of the provided ordered structures, uses thereof and articles-of-manufacturing containing same are also provided.

Self-assembled structures composed of monomers of peptide nucleic acid and tunable photonic crystals made therefrom

Ordered (e.g., self-assembled) structures, arranged from peptide nucleic acids and/or analogs thereof, are disclosed. The peptide nucleic acids forming the ordered structures comprise from 1 to 10 PNA backbone units, at least one comprising a guanine nucleobase or an analog thereof. Processes of generating the ordered structures, uses thereof and articles-of manufacturing, devices and systems containing same are also disclosed.

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