Two New Models from the DNA Nanomachine Shop (VIDEO)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

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This series of animated illustrations shows two nanoscale machines with moving parts made using DNA as a programmable, self-assembling construction material: a rotary mechanism reported in the journal Science Advances, and a hinged molecular gripper reported in Nature Nanotechnology.

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Dietz Lab/TUM

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