Patent ID: 9598690
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B22F,B82B,C12N

Claim:
1. A method comprising: growing a nanoparticle from a nanoparticle precursor inside a nucleic acid container by applying a stimulus to the nanoparticle precursor positioned inside of the nucleic acid container, wherein the nucleic acid container is a template for formation of the nanoparticle, wherein the nanoparticle has a different shape than the nanoparticle precursor, wherein the nanoparticle comprises at least one surface portion having a shape that is complementary to a shape of an inner surface portion of the nucleic acid container having a predetermined three-dimensional structure at the sub-nanometer level, and wherein the nanoparticle and the nucleic acid container have a three-dimensional shape that includes at least 4 different sides.