Nanoscale Building Blocks (IMAGE)

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Nanoscale Building Blocks

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Controlling the self-assembly of nanoparticles into superlattices is an important approach to build functional materials. The Brookhaven team used nanosized building blocks -- cubes or octahedrons -- decorated with DNA tethers to coordinate the assembly of spherical nanoparticles coated with complementary DNA strands.

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Brookhaven National Laboratory

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