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Self-assembly of Complex Two-dimensional Shapes from Single-stranded DNA Tiles
Published on: May 8, 2015
Synthesis of DNA triangles with vertexes of bis(terpyridine)iron(II) complexes
Jin Seok Choi1, Chang Won Kang, Kisung Jung
1Department of Chemistry, Korea University, Seoul 136-701, Korea.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|July 15, 2004
Abstract:
The synthesis of the terpyridine derivative 1 tethered to a DNA oligonucleotide and its use for the preparation of two-way branched metal-organic modules capable of self-assembling into DNA triangles are described.
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