On the role of flexibility in linker-mediated DNA hydrogels
DNA nanostars with sticky, single-stranded DNA overhangs, are known to form thermally reversible, viscoelastic networks. Here we show that introducing the right flexibility will rather lead to a cluster phase with a much reduced viscosity then an elastic hydrogel.
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2014 ◽
Vol 59
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pp. 105-140
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