Next generation nanofilms created

With the human genome in hand, biochemists have catalogued the 3-D structures of thousands of proteins isolated from living cells. But one important class of proteins - those stuck in the cell membranes - has proven difficult to extract and study in 3-D crystals. Now an international team of scientists has developed a way to train such molecules to line up neatly on the surface of water in thin, tissue-like layers called nanofilms. This technique should allow biochemists to better see and study the molecules and may lead to a new generation of molecular electronics and ultra-thin materials only one molecule thick...

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