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Biochemical logic drives microscopic shape shifters

   August 18/25, 2008
Combine pH-sensitive nanoparticles with enzymes that carry out the chemical equivalent of simple computer logic and you can bring nanoparticles together or move them apart in response to biochemical changes in their environment.

The biochemical self-assembly method could be used to make molecular devices that diagnose and treat diseases.

Research paper:
"Chemical Transformers" from Nanoparticle Ensembles Operated with Logic
Nano Letters, published online August 14, 2008

Researchers' homepages:
NanoStructured Materials Group, Clarkson University
Evgeny Katz

Related stories and briefs:
Cell logic -- a related biochemical logic scheme


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