Lock and key colloids

Controlled growth of monodisperse silica spheres in the micron size range

Werner Stöber, Arthur G. Fink, Ernst Bohn · Journal of Colloid and Interface Science · 1968 · 14.3K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Engineering, Materials Science +16

A DNA-based method for rationally assembling nanoparticles into macroscopic materials

Chad A. Mirkin, Robert L. Letsinger, Robert C. Mucic et al. · Nature · 1996 · 6.7K citations

Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Materials Science +14

On Interaction between Two Bodies Immersed in a Solution of Macromolecules

Shô Asakura, Fumio Oosawa · The Journal of Chemical Physics · 1954 · 2.9K citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Soft Matter Biophysics +2

DNA-guided crystallization of colloidal nanoparticles

Dmytro Nykypanchuk, Mathew M. Maye, Daniël van der Lelie et al. · Nature · 2008 · 1.5K citations

Natural Sciences, Biotechnology, Materials Science +14

DNA-programmable nanoparticle crystallization

Abigail K. R. Lytton‐Jean, Byeongdu Lee, Steven Weigand et al. · Nature · 2008 · 1.5K citations