soft robotics /newsroom/taxonomy/term/10023/all en Using DNA strands to design new polymer materials /newsroom/channels/news/using-dna-strands-design-new-polymer-materials-283461 <p>平特五不中 researchers have chemically imprinted polymer particles with DNA strands 鈥 a technique that could lead to new materials for applications ranging from biomedicine to the promising field of 鈥渟oft robotics.鈥</p> <p>In a study published in <em>Nature Chemistry</em>, the researchers describe a method to create asymmetrical polymer particles that bind together in a spatially defined manner, the way that atoms come together to make molecules.</p> Mon, 18 Dec 2017 21:56:12 +0000 christopher.chipello@mcgill.ca 32803 at /newsroom