A Nanoscale Jitterbug Transformer from DNA
Seongmin Seo, Alexander A. Swett, Mallikarjuna Reddy Kesama, Anirudh S. Madhvacharyula, Ruixin Li, Yancheng Du, Markus Eder, Friedrich Christian Simmel, Jong Hyun Choi
This paper designs a DNA-based nanoscale Jitterbug transformer that reconfigures its structure in response to chemical and optical signals, maintaining a Poissons ratio of -1.
Nature Communications · Jun 6, 2026Peer-reviewedBiophysics