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Nanostructured DNA templates.

Jeffery L Coffer·Russell F Pinizzotto·Young Gyu Rho
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We have developed methods for nanostructure fabrication relying on the size and shape of a polynucleotide to dictate the overall structure of an assemblage of individual semiconductor nanoparticles. Use of the circular plasmids pUCLeu4 and phi chi 174 when anchored to a suitably derivatized substrate yields arrays of semiconductor nanoparticles matching the shapes of the biopolymer stabilizer. The viability of the methodology was confirmed using high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and selected-area electron diffraction.

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Jeffery L Coffer, Russell F Pinizzotto, Young Gyu Rho. 2005. Nanostructured DNA templates.. https://doi.org/10.1385/1-59259-901-x%3A167

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