{"id":168625,"date":"2023-07-29T18:22:44","date_gmt":"2023-07-29T23:22:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/these-super-strong-nanostructures-are-made-of-glass-coated-dna"},"modified":"2023-07-29T18:22:44","modified_gmt":"2023-07-29T23:22:44","slug":"these-super-strong-nanostructures-are-made-of-glass-coated-dna","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/07\/these-super-strong-nanostructures-are-made-of-glass-coated-dna","title":{"rendered":"These super strong nanostructures are made of glass-coated DNA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/these-super-strong-nanostructures-are-made-of-glass-coated-dna2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the world\u2019s strongest structures could be one of its smallest: Collaborators from University of Connecticut, Columbia University, and Brookhaven National Lab have developed a new nanomaterial composed of DNA strands coated in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/biodegradable-glass-sustainability\/\">flawless glass<\/a>. At proportionally four times stronger and five times lighter than steel, the minuscule latticework structures could provide a template for a new wave of extremely durable and lightweight vehicles, body armor, and countless other products.<\/p>\n<p>As detailed recently in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cell.com\/cell-reports-physical-science\/fulltext\/S2666-3864(23)00254-0\">Cell Reports Physical Science<\/a>, the team first connected multiple portions of self-assembling DNA to form a nanostructure framework akin to a building\u2019s support beams. They then coated the enjoined DNA strands with a glass-like material only a few hundred atoms thick, leaving relatively large empty spaces akin to rooms in a house. These spaces allowed the resulting nanomaterial to remain extremely lightweight, while the glass reinforced its durability.<\/p>\n<p><strong>[Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popsci.com\/technology\/nanoarchitecture-could-create-stronger-armor\/\">Microscopic mesh could be the key to lighter, stronger body armor.<\/a>]<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the world\u2019s strongest structures could be one of its smallest: Collaborators from University of Connecticut, Columbia University, and Brookhaven National Lab have developed a new nanomaterial composed of DNA strands coated in flawless glass. At proportionally four times stronger and five times lighter than steel, the minuscule latticework structures could provide a template [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-168625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-nanotechnology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168625"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168625\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}