Smectic phase in suspensions of gapped DNA duplexes

Smectic ordering in aqueous solutions of monodisperse stiff double-stranded DNA fragments is known not to occur, despite the fact that these systems exhibit both chiral nematic and columnar mesophases. Here, we show, unambiguously, that a smectic-A type of phase is formed by increasing the DNA'...

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Published in:Nat Commun
Main Authors: Salamonczyk, Miroslaw, Zhang, Jing, Portale, Giuseppe, Zhu, Chenhui, Kentzinger, Emmanuel, Gleeson, James T., Jakli, Antal, De Michele, Cristiano, Dhont, Jan K. G., Sprunt, Samuel, Stiakakis, Emmanuel
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5116068/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27845332
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13358
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