A Spiral Staircase Made of DesoxyriboNucleicAcid: DNA (IMAGE)

Technical University of Munich (TUM)

A Spiral Staircase Made of DesoxyriboNucleicAcid: DNA

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A team of scientists from Technische Universitaet Muenchen and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet Muenchen succeeded in building up nano spiral staircases from artificial DNA using the DNA-origami method. The DNA strand carries nine gold particles which lead to strong interactions with circular polarized visible light.

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Animation: Tim Liedl /LMU

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