Using DNA to program the self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles and microparticles

Nature Reviews Materials

Volumn 1, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Rogers, W Benjamin ^a,b   Shih, William M ^c,d   Manoharan, Vinothan N ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; SELF ASSEMBLY;

COLLOIDAL NANOPARTICLES; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; FULLY PROGRAMMABLES; INTERPARTICLE ATTRACTIONS; MICRO-PARTICLES; OUT OF EQUILIBRIUM; SELF-ASSEMBLE; SELF-ASSEMBLING MATERIALS;

GENE ENCODING;

EID: 85025840652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20588437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/natrevmats.2016.8     Document Type: Review

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