DNA chirality allows it to act as an electrohydrodynamical turbine under the action of an electroosmotic flow when confined in nanopores.
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Chinappi, M., Morozzo della Rocca, B. Nanopores enable electrohydrodynamical DNA motor. Nat. Nanotechnol. 18, 225–226 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41565-022-01288-w
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