Thursday, August 25, 2011

Blog - DNA Origami Revolutionizes Metamaterial Manufacture

Physicists use DNA assembly technique to create a 'metafluid' capable of manipulating visible light in new ways

Back in 2003, the first metamaterial was designed to bend microwaves in ways that ordinary materials can never achieve. The material was made from c-shaped pieces of metal and wires assembled into a kind of honeycomb structure the size of a table top.



Source: http://feeds.technologyreview.com/click.phdo?i=0a46c92f9aa521b6cf1979ed373ac3e2

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