Contact: Dr. Andreas Battenberg
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Technische Universitaet Muenchen

A Spiral Staircase Made of DesoxyriboNucleicAcid: DNA

Caption: A team of scientists from Technische Universitaet Muenchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen succeeded in building up nano spiral staircases from artificial DNA using the DNA-origami method. The DNA strand carries nine gold particles which lead to strong interactions with circular polarized visible light.

Credit: Animation: Tim Liedl /LMU

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