Shapes of DNA have been used to enhance the production of circuits for next-generation computer chips.
Researchers reporting in Nature Nanotechnology have now shown how to get engineered "DNA origami" to self-organise on silicon. The origami can be designed to serve as a scaffold for electronic components just six billionths of a metre apart. Making chips with components closer together leads to smaller devices and faster computers.
The six nanometre mark is nearly eight times better than the current industry produces. Several research groups have shown that DNA itself can be used to store or manipulate data, and the juggling of DNA in a test tube or within bacteria has been shown to solve simple computational tasks. The current method, by contrast, leverages the ability to design DNA strands into regular shapes such as triangles.
More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8204906.stm
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Researchers reporting in Nature Nanotechnology have now shown how to get engineered "DNA origami" to self-organise on silicon. The origami can be designed to serve as a scaffold for electronic components just six billionths of a metre apart. Making chips with components closer together leads to smaller devices and faster computers.
The six nanometre mark is nearly eight times better than the current industry produces. Several research groups have shown that DNA itself can be used to store or manipulate data, and the juggling of DNA in a test tube or within bacteria has been shown to solve simple computational tasks. The current method, by contrast, leverages the ability to design DNA strands into regular shapes such as triangles.
More: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8204906.stm
