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Steps towards automated synthesis

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A DNA walker moving along a DNA track can perform a series of organic reactions in a single solution without external intervention.

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Figure 1: Multistep synthesis of an oligoamide in a single solution with a DNA walker.

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  1. Department of Chemistry and iNANO, Alexandru Rotaru and Kurt V. Gothelf are in the Center for DNA Nanotechnology, Aarhus University, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark. kvg@chem.au.dk,

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Rotaru, A., Gothelf, K. Steps towards automated synthesis. Nature Nanotech 5, 760–761 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2010.211

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