Liquid Crystalline Gelation of DNA
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Review From DNA liquid crystals to “rigid” DNA liquid-crystalline particles (DNA nanoconstructions)
The investigation of new DNA-based materials is an emerging area in material science as well as in physics, biosensorics, biotechnology, bionanotechnology. This review shows the state of the art in the fundamental studies of liquid crystals and liquid-crystalline dispersions of DNA molecules obtained as a result of their phase exclusion from water-salt polymer-containing solutions. The results ...
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