ABSTRACT
The DNA-surfactant biopolymer is one of the most studied biopolymers currently being used in photonic devices. However, the process required to transform raw, genomic DNA from a natural, biological source into an optical quality material is nontrivial. This chapter will focus on the processing that has been developed in the past several years to form the optical-quality DNA biopolymer from genomic salmon DNA, the various dopants integrated into the DNA biopolymer, and the relevant optical, electronic, and material characterization of the biopolymer for electronic and photonic devices (Grote et al. 2003, 2004a, 2004b, 2005, 2006; Heckman et al. 2004; Heckman et al. 2005; Heckman et al. 2005; Heckman et al. 2006; Heckman et al. 2006; Heckman 2006; Bartsch et al. 2007, 2006; Hagen et al. 2006; Ouchen et al. 2009; Yaney et al. 2007, 2008, 2009).
