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Using DNA to Shape Nanostructures

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Using DNA to Shape Nanostructures - from Talk of the Nation with Ira Flatow/NPR.org

Chemists and materials scientists are trying to learn to build ultra-small, precisely ordered structures for use in optics, electronics, and other applications. Writing in the journal Science, Chad Mirkin and colleagues describe a way to use snippets of DNA to tailor the shape and size of crystal structures, tweaking them to fit specific uses.

This story aired October 14, 2011. You might prefer listening to the story rather than reading the transcript.
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interesting indeed. But what I would really like to know is what is the detection mechanism/technology behind this Nanosphere's Verigene Reader instrument. luminescence, fluorescence, anything optica, or just pure chemical reaction. doesn't mention anything on their instrument briefings.
 
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