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Nature Nanotechnology 3, 188 - 189 (2008)
doi:10.1038/nnano.2008.80

Subject Category: Surface patterning and imaging

Nanomanipulation: Molecular cranes swing into action

Anne-Sophie Duwez1

  1. Anne-Sophie Duwez is in the Department of Chemistry, University of Liège, Liège 4000, Belgium.
    e-mail: asduwez@ulg.ac.be


Atomic force microscopes have exploited the properties of DNA to 'cut-and-paste' molecules on surfaces with an accuracy of 10 nm.

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