The Shape of Things to Come: NIST Probes the Promise of Nanomanufacturing Using DNA Origami (IMAGE)

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

The Shape of Things to Come: NIST Probes the Promise of Nanomanufacturing Using DNA Origami

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NIST researchers made three DNA origami templates designed so that quantum dots would arrange themselves: (a in the corners, b) diagonally (three dots), and (c in a line (four dots). The researchers found that putting the quantum dots closer together caused them to interfere with one another, leading to higher error rates and lower bonding strength.

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