DNA double helix does double duty in assembling arrays of nanoparticles
Monday, May 25, 2015 - 12:30
in Physics & Chemistry
In a new twist on the use of DNA in nanoscale construction, scientists put synthetic strands of the biological material to work in two ways: They used ropelike configurations of the DNA double helix to form a rigid geometrical framework, and added dangling pieces of single-stranded DNA to glue nanoparticles in place.