%0 Journal Article %T Can Nucleobase Pairs Offer a Possibility of a Direct 3D Self-assembly? %A Andrey N. Glushenkov %A Dmytro M. Hovorun %J Archive of "Nanoscale Research Letters". %D 2016 %R 10.1186/s11671-016-1347-3 %X The nucleobase pairs are characterized by their conformational diversity in the wild. Yet a modern nanobiotechnology utilizes their planar conformations only, developing what can be called a ˇ°planar approachˇ±. It is well established that the most energetically favorable conformations of the complementary nucleobase pairs are planar and correspond to the classical Watson-Crick nucleobase pairs %K Nucleobase pairs %K Non-canonical base pairs %K Non-planar base pairs %K Nanobiotechnology %K Cytosine-thymine %K DFT %K AIM %K NBO %K Self-assembly %K 3D self-assembly %U https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4783318/