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(Nanowerk News) Nanoengineers have created a quasicrystal—a scientifically intriguing and technologically promising material structure—from nanoparticles using DNA, the molecule that encodes life.
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Quasicrystals, different from ordinary crystals, possess unique properties like altered heat and light absorption and special electronic behaviors.
The team employed DNA strands to instructively bind particles, creating this intricate quasicrystal structure.
Researchers collaborated to predict and validate the formation of these quasicrystals,…
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News Source: www.nanowerk.com
