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Geometric self-sorting in DNA self-assembly.

Yu He·Ye Tian·Yi Chen·Alexander E Ribbe·Chengde Mao
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Two types of DNA star motifs (tiles) can recognize and associate with like tiles to form 2D arrays but exclude unlike tiles even though the local interactions between any two tiles are exactly the same.

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CrystallizationDNAMicroscopy, Atomic ForceNanostructuresNanotechnologyNucleic Acid ConformationJournal ArticleResearch Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

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Yu He, Ye Tian, Yi Chen, Alexander E Ribbe, Chengde Mao. 2006-10-24. Geometric self-sorting in DNA self-assembly.. https://doi.org/10.1039/b611984k

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