Close up on DNA
Optics & Photonics Focus
Volume 19 Story 2 - 23/1/2013

DNA in a droplet on a super-hydrophobic surface

Artistic view of the evaporation process: the water cannot adhere to the super-hydrophobic surface, while the DNA bundles remain suspended and well tense. Picture Credits: E. di Fabrizio et al.
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DNA in a droplet on a super-hydrophobic surface. Artistic view of the evaporation process: the water cannot adhere to the super-hydrophobic surface, while the DNA bundles remain suspended and well tense.