Sheets of gold one nanoparticle thick have been folded into tiny origami. Dubbed plasmene, the material has some of the weirdest optical properties around SHEETS of gold one nano-particle thick have ...

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When paper gets moulded in different geometric designs, the art of origami sooths the creative mind. But when metals get moulded, using the art of origami, they can stun anyone who appreciates design.

Scaffolded DNA origami has recently emerged as a versatile, programmable method to fold DNA into arbitrarily shaped nanostructures that are spatially addressable, with sub-10-nm resolution. Toward ...