Processing techniques for deoxyribonucleic acid: Biopolymer for photonics applications

Marine-based deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), purified from waste products of the Japanese fishing industry, has recently become a material of interest in photonics applications. Using highly purified DNA, unique processing techniques developed specifically to transform the purified DNA into a biopolymer suitable for optical device fabrication are reported. (c) 2005 American Institute of Physics.