Nanostars de ADN que se autoensamblan en microgotas de condensado de núcleo-cáscara

Karuna Skipper1,2, Shelley F J Wickham1,2,3

  • 1School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia. shelley.wickham@sydney.edu.au.

Nanoscale horizons
|February 25, 2026
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores desarrollaron gotas estables de nanostars de ADN de núcleo-cáscara de múltiples capas para microreactores controlados. Estas estructuras de núcleo-cáscara ofrecen tamaño, estabilidad y permeabilidad predecibles, lo que permite nuevos materiales programables y aplicaciones de biología sintética.

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