Yi Lu's Reversible Assembly Leads to Tiny Encrypted Messages

Date
03/11/13

Hidden in a tiny tile of interwoven DNA is a message. The message is simple, but decoding it unlocks the secret of dynamic nanoscale assembly.

Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have devised a dynamic and reversible way to assemble nanoscale structures and used it to encrypt a Morse code message. Led by Yi Lu, the Schenck Professor of Chemistry, the team published its development in the Journal of the American Chemical Society.

For the UI News Bureau article by Liz Ahlberg, please click here.

This story was also highlighted in R&D magazine.

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