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In this research, a nanoscale DNA structure of analogic China map is created. The nanostructure of roughly 150 nm in diameter with a spatial resolution of 6 nm is purely constructed by folding DNA. The picture observed by atomic force microscopy (AFM) is almost identical with the designed shape. The DNA origami technology invented by Rothemund in 2006 is employed in the construction of this shape, which has proved the capability of constructing almost any complicated shape enabled by DNA origami, and provides new bottom-up method for constructing nanostructures.
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Qian, L., Wang, Y., Zhang, Z. et al. Analogic China map constructed by DNA. CHINESE SCI BULL 51, 2973–2976 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-2223-9
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11434-006-2223-9