Entropically engineered formation of fivefold and icosahedral twinned clusters of colloidal shapes

Lee, Sangmin; Glotzer, Sharon C.

doi:10.1038/s41467-022-34891-5

Entropically engineered formation of fivefold and icosahedral twinned clusters of colloidal shapes

Journal Article · Tue Nov 29 23:00:00 EST 2022 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-34891-5· OSTI ID:2419558

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Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)
Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (United States)

Fivefold and icosahedral symmetries induced by multiply twinned crystal structures have been studied extensively for their role in influencing the shape of synthetic nanoparticles, and solution chemistry or geometric confinement are widely considered to be essential. Here we report the purely entropy-driven formation of fivefold and icosahedral twinned clusters of particles in molecular simulation without geometric confinement or chemistry. Hard truncated tetrahedra self-assemble into cubic or hexagonal diamond colloidal crystals depending on the amount of edge and vertex truncation. By engineering particle shape to achieve a negligible entropy difference between the two diamond phases, we show that the formation of the multiply twinned clusters is easily induced. The twinned clusters are entropically stabilized within a dense fluid by a strong fluid-crystal interfacial tension arising from strong entropic bonding. Our findings provide a strategy for engineering twinning behavior in colloidal systems with and without explicit bonding elements between particles.

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Research Organization:: Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0000989

OSTI ID:: 2419558

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Journal Name: Nature Communications Journal Issue: 1 Vol. 13; ISSN 2041-1723

Publisher:: Nature Publishing GroupCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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