Prigodich AE, Lee OS, Daniel WL, Seferos DS, Schatz GC, Mirkin CA.

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Tailoring DNA structure to increase target hybridization kinetics on surfaces.

The presense of a complementary strand (short internal complement DNA, sicDNA) does not compete but promote hybridisation with the target.