Nanoscale Building Blocks and DNA "Glue" Help Shape 3D Architectures
Tuesday, August 11, 2015 - 14:50
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists devised a new way of assembling ordered crystals made of nanoparticles. In this process, nanoparticles in the shape of cubes, octahedrons, and spheres coordinate with each other to build structures. The shapes are bound together by complementary DNA molecules on each type of particle.