Nanotechnology Rebuilds the Periodic Table

Recent developments in the field of nanotechnology might give new meaning to the phrase nothing gold can stay. Atoms and bonds developed not by Mother Nature, but by scientists, are gaining momentum as the building blocks for cutting-edge materials.

Using nanoparticles as atoms and DNA as bonds, Chad Mirkin, the director of Northwestern Universitys International Institute for Nanotechnology, is constructing his very own periodic table. So far Mirkin has built more than 200 distinct crystal structures with 17 different particle arrangements.

We have a new set of building blocks, Mirkin said. Instead of taking what nature gives you, we can control every pro…
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