Lowering barriers to DNA-based nanomanufacturing

Thursday, December 13, 2012 - 15:00 in Physics & Chemistry

Two major barriers to advancement of DNA nanotechnology beyond the research lab have been knocked down. This emerging technology employs DNA as a programmable building material for nanometer-scale structures. Many applications are envisioned, and researchers recently demonstrated synthetic membrane channels made from DNA. Until now, however, design processes were hobbled by a lack of feedback; assembly was slow and often of poor quality. Now researchers have removed these obstacles.

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