DNA Linked Nano Chains and Sheets (IMAGE)

DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory

DNA Linked Nano Chains and Sheets

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By strategically placing tethers on particular vertices, the scientists used the octahedrons to link nanoparticles into one-dimensional chainlike arrays (left) and two-dimensional square sheets (right).

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Brookhaven National Laboratory

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