Earlier this year she co-authored a paper describing a new technique for coaxing tiny polymer strands to self-assemble into 10 trillion cylinders with precise patterns.

今年(2009)年初，在她跟别人合作的一篇学术报告中阐述了一项新技术——同轴微小高分子聚合链，它们以“自我组装”方式，精确地形成数以十万亿兆计的存储空间。

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After synthesis and mixing of DNA staples and scaffold strands, the structure is able to self-assemble in a single step.

经过DNA的合成和钉及支架股混合，结构能够自我组装在一个步骤。

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The method requires a series of advanced laboratory procedures, microarray chips and a high-speed gene-sequencing machine to assemble the strands in the proper order, correct any errors and then read the final text.

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