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Preface

Thanks to the contributions of great pioneers and many researchers, DNA nanotechnology has become one of the major fields in science and technology. Since the introduction of DNA origami created by Dr. Rothemund of California Institute of Technology in 2006, it has become a fascinating field for the researchers around the world. DNA origami has grown significantly in these 15 years. This DNA origami field has contributed to numerus scientific discoveries and creation of innovative technologies. Many researchers now recognize that DNA origami has boundless possibilities. This field has become a multidisciplinary research area, where the researchers join in together from various research fields including computer science, materials science, chemistry, physics, biology, and medicine. The research field is open for new researchers who want to realize their ideas, which makes this field more innovative. So, it is not too much to say that the DNA origami technology has completely changed the concept of nanotechnology and research styles.

This book entitled DNA Origami: Structures, Technology, and Applications, highlights breakthroughs of DNA origami researches with comprehensive view from the past to the latest researches. The first section gives a general introduction of DNA origami followed by reviews on strategy for DNA origami design and its applications. The second section gives researches on applications for DNA origami‐based physics and biophysics. The third section gives the applications for DNA origami‐based chemistry and biochemistry. The fourth section gives the details about biological and medical applications. The topics presented in this book will make reader comprehensively understand how DNA origami technology has emerged and been expanded to multidisciplinary researches. The readers will also learn about the potential of researches and future directions.

Finally, I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to all the contributors for their tremendous efforts and works to complete this book. I also sincerely thank for all the staffs of John Wiley & Sons for production of this fantastic book.

I greatly hope that the reader will enjoy this book and learn the fascinating aspects of DNA origami technology and find the possibility of this research area for future innovations.This book is sincerely dedicated to the late Professor Nedrian C. Seaman, the great founder of DNA nanotechnology.

Masayuki Endo

Autumn 2021, Kyoto