DNA tweezers that are activated by the inputs H+/OH-;; nucleic acid linker/complementary
antilinker to yield a 16-states finite-state automaton. The outputs of the automata are the
configuration of the respective tweezers (opened or closed) determined by observing
fluorescence from a fluorophore/quencher pair at the end of the arms of the tweezers. The
system exhibits a memory because each current state and output depend not only on the …