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Cover published in Advanced Materials
This cover depicts the molecular architecture of an “Olympic gel” built from mechanically interlocked plasmids. The ring-shaped DNA molecules can reversibly open and close through diversified lock-and-key domains, allowing programmable formation of mechanical bonds. The study demonstrates how combinatorial synthetic biology can create compositionally complex soft materials with unusual topological architectures and distinctive physical properties.
Link to the cover image on the journal's homepage.
Link to an earlier IPF press release on the topic.
18.06.2026