The assembly of alternating DNA and positively charged poly(dimethyldiallylammonium chloride) (PDDA)multilayer films by electrostatic layer-by-layer adsorption has been studied. The real-time surface plasmonresonance (BIAcore) technique was used to characterize and monitor the formation of multilayer films insolution in real time continuously. Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) and UV-vis absorbancemeasurements were also used to study the film assembly, and linear film growth was observed. All theresults indicate that the uniform multilayer can be obtained on the poly(ethylenimine)- (PEI-) coated substratesurface. The kinetics of the adsorption of DNA on PDDA surface was also studied by the real-time BIAcoretechnique; the observed rate constant was calculated using a Langmuir model (kobs = (1.28 ± 0.08) × 10-2s-1.