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Growing moiré with DNA

Twisting two-dimensional materials gives them novel properties, but it is challenging to program them. Now DNA origami has been shown to seed the growth of twisted superlattices at new scales and with better programmability.

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Fig. 1: Seeding the growth of two-dimensional lattices made of SSTs.

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Ladabaum, M., Tikhomirov, G. Growing moiré with DNA. Nat. Nanotechnol. (2025). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-025-01994-1

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