Micrograph of stable arrangements of colloidal diamonds (IMAGE)

NYU Tandon School of Engineering

Micrograph of stable arrangements of colloidal diamonds

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Complex structures comprising colloidal diamonds. The researchers applied strands of DNA to colloid surfaces. When colloids collide with each other in a liquid bath, the DNA snags and the colloids are linked.

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David Pine Lab

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