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DNA Technique Yields 3-D Crystalline Organization of Nanoparticles

In an achievement some see as the “holy grail” of nanoscience, Brookhaven researchers have for the first time used DNA to guide the creation of three-dimensional, ordered, crystalline structures of nanoparticles (particles with dimensions measur ed in billionths of a meter). The ability to engineer such 3-D structures is essential to producing functional materials that take advantage of the unique properties that may exist at the nanoscale - for example, enhanced magnetism, improved catalytic activity, or new optical properties. This research was featured on the cover of the January 31, 2008, issue of Nature. More details...

Researchers Matthew Maye, Niels van der Lelie, Oleg Gang, and Dmytro Nykypanchuk.

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