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Nanoparticle crystallization

DNA-bonded 'atoms'

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DNA-capped nanoparticles crystallize into uniform microcrystals of Wulff polyhedra when cooled slowly through the melting temperature of the DNA linkers.

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Figure 1: Microcrystals of DNA-capped nanoparticles8.

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  1. Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, New York, USA

    Shogo Hamada & Dan Luo

  2. Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, A*STAR, 3 Research Link, Singapore, 117602, Singapore

    Shawn J. Tan

  3. Department of Biological and Environmental Engineering, Cornell University, Ithaca, 14853, New York, USA

    Dan Luo

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