Assembly and sorting of hydrogel blocks

The researchers used DNA to stick hydrogel blocks together in different ways, allowing them to self-assemble into structures and self-sort by color.

The researchers used DNA to stick hydrogel blocks together in different ways, allowing them to self-assemble into structures and self-sort by color. This video was used in the press release, "Scientists build organized structures of gel blocks using matching powers of DNA".

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31 January 2022

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danielle-ellenby

Copyright OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, 沖縄科学技術大学院大学). Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0).

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