Controlled growth of hard-sphere colloidal crystals
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A method for controlling the nucleation and growth of hard-sphere colloidal crystals, based on temperature gradients defining a density gradient, is reported. Hard-sphere single crystals were obtained from the concentration regime that would remain as liquid in the absence of a temperature gradient. The method could be applied to the ordering and growth of soft systems such as copolymers, emulsions, proteins and colloids.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 1999
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A DNA-fuelled molecular machine made of DNA
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Research is presented concerning the construction of nanomolecular machines through the use of DNA. The formation of linked rings, static arrays of tiles and polyhedra is discussed.
Publication Name: Nature
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 0028-0836
Year: 2000
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