title: Geometric self-sorting in DNA self-assembly.
abstract: Two types of DNA star motifs (tiles) can recognize and associate with like tiles to form 2D arrays but exclude unlike tiles even though the local interactions between any two tiles are exactly the same.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: He
authors.forename: Ye
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Yi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Alexander E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Ribbe
authors.forename: Chengde
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mao
mesh_terms: D003460:Crystallization; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D036103:Nanotechnology / Q000379:methods*; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation
chemical_list: D004247:DNA