Beiträge von CHRISPHOENIX

    Could one self-assemble magnetic nanoparticles (permanent magnets to be twisted, or metal that will be pulled by external magnetic fields) into a DNA origami nanomachine, and use them for actuation?

    If the position of one magnet interfered mechanically with the motion of another magnet, then you could build rod-logic, and decode a series of external field manipulations into arbitrary patterns of actuation.

    Small particles for computation, larger particles for actuation (force should scale as cube of length).

    Of course, rod-logic can directly sense physical/mechanical state, including some kinds of molecule binding.