DNA’s double helix is held together by water. PTI / Updated: Sep 24, 2019, 08:13 IST. Share. AA + Text Size. ... it was commonly thought that those hydrogen bonds were what held the two strands ...

“So far, we have not, because we believed that hydrogen bonds were what held it together. Now, we have shown that instead it is the hydrophobic forces which lie behind it.

New insight into how DNA is held together by hydrophobic effects. ScienceDaily . Retrieved June 2, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2019 / 09 / 190923082244.htm ...

These are customisable gaps between self-assembled molecules that are held together by hydrogen bonds, and can enhance catalysis. “The trick is how to design the self-assembled layer,” he says.

DNA molecules were thought to be held together by hydrogen bonds, but research now indicates that the helical structure may be due to the hydrophobic interior of the molecules, in an environment ...

If you want to go up close and personal, hydrogen bonds keep the DNA's double-helix structure together, becoming the building blocks to life's building blocks. Therefore, this research could shed ...

So far, we have not, because we believed that hydrogen bonds were what held it together. Now, we have shown that instead, it is the hydrophobic forces which lie behind it.