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Shape matters

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The ligand-mediated binding of colloid particles to each other is more effective if the particles are flat rather than curved. This finding opens up opportunities for the design of self-assembling materials.

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Figure 1: DNA-mediated binding of nanoparticles.

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  1. Sharon C. Glotzer is in the Departments of Chemical Engineering and of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA.,

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