Golden Trap (IMAGE)

Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf

Golden Trap

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This silicon surface is covered with triangular DNA origami each containing two gold nanoparticles the size of five nanometers. In-between them, single molecules can be trapped and detected.

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