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DNA origami tiles

Nanoscale mazes

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The programmable disorder often seen in biological networks has now been demonstrated with DNA origami tiles using a stochastic algorithm.

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Figure 1: Programmed disorder exists in nature and can now be generated by using DNA self-assembly.

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  • 01 December 2016

    In the version of the News & Views article 'DNA origami tiles: Nanoscale mazes' (Nat. Nanotech. http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.263; 2016) originally published online, Fig. 1f was described incorrectly in the caption and the main text, and in fact shows maze-like patterns. These descriptions were updated in all versions, 1 December 2016.

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  1. Fei Zhang, Fan Hong and Hao Yan are at the Biodesign Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics, the Biodesign Institute and School of Molecular Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona 85287, USA,

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Zhang, F., Hong, F. & Yan, H. Nanoscale mazes. Nature Nanotech 12, 189–190 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.263

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