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Unnatural life

Nature Materials volume 7, pages 102–104 (2008)Cite this article

The biologically inspired toolbox is well and truly open. From three-dimensional DNA assemblies to active catalysts inside the confines of a virus — biomolecules are finding a second, unnatural life.

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Figure 1: 3D DNA assemblies2.

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Figure 2: Light-driven hydrogen generation by coupled photocatalysis.

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  1. Bogdan Dragnea is at the Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, Bloomington, 800 E. Kirkwood Ave, Indiana 47405, USA. dragnea@indiana.edu,

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