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DNA Shaping Up to be Ideal Framework for Rationally Designed Nanostructures
Shaped DNA frames that precisely link nanoparticles into different structures offer a platform for designing functional nanomaterials A...
Jul 29, 20165 min read


Nature-Inspired Nanotubes That Assemble Themselves, With Precision
When it comes to the various nanowidgets scientists are developing, nanotubes are especially intriguing. That’s because hollow tubes that...
Mar 29, 20163 min read


Nanocrystal self-assembly sheds its secrets
The secret to a long-hidden magic trick behind the self-assembly of nanocrystal structures is starting to be revealed. The transformation...
Mar 25, 20163 min read
Scientists Guide Gold Nanoparticles to Form "Diamond" Superlattices
Using bundled strands of DNA to build Tinkertoy-like tetrahedral cages, scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National...
Feb 5, 20164 min read


Self-Assembly of Layered Membranes
Techniques for creating complex nanostructured materials through self-assembly of molecules have grown increasingly sophisticated. But...
Jan 27, 20163 min read


Self-stacking nanogrids
Since the 1960s, computer chips have been built using a process called photolithography. But in the past five years, chip features have...
Jan 23, 20164 min read
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