Exploring the zone of anisotropy and broken symmetries in DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization
Abstract
In this work, we present a joint experimental and molecular dynamics simulations effort to understand and map the crystallization behavior of polyhedral nanoparticles assembled via the interaction of DNA surface ligands. In these systems, we systematically investigated the interplay between the effects of particle core (via the particle symmetry and particle size) and ligands (via the ligand length) on crystallization behavior. This investigation revealed rich phase diagrams, previously unobserved phase transitions in polyhedral crystallization behavior, and an unexpected symmetry breaking in the ligand distribution on a particle surface. To understand these results, we introduce the concept of a zone of anisotropy, or the portion of the phase space where the anisotropy of the particle is preserved in the crystallization behavior. Through comparison of the zone of anisotropy for each particle we develop a foundational roadmap to guide future investigations.
- Authors:
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- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,, International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,, International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,, Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208,
- X-Ray Science Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL 60439
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1321026
- Alternate Identifier(s):
- OSTI ID: 1388772
- Grant/Contract Number:
- SC0000989; AC02-06CH11357
- Resource Type:
- Published Article
- Journal Name:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Name: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America Journal Volume: 113 Journal Issue: 38; Journal ID: ISSN 0027-8424
- Publisher:
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 77 NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY; 37 INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL, AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY; 59 BASIC BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES; 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 75 CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY; catalysis (homogeneous); solar (photovoltaic); bio-inspired; charge transport; mesostructured materials; materials and chemistry by design; synthesis (novel materials); synthesis (self-assembly)
Citation Formats
O’Brien, Matthew N., Girard, Martin, Lin, Hai-Xin, Millan, Jaime A., Olvera de la Cruz, Monica, Lee, Byeongdu, and Mirkin, Chad A. Exploring the zone of anisotropy and broken symmetries in DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization. United States: N. p., 2016.
Web. doi:10.1073/pnas.1611808113.
O’Brien, Matthew N., Girard, Martin, Lin, Hai-Xin, Millan, Jaime A., Olvera de la Cruz, Monica, Lee, Byeongdu, & Mirkin, Chad A. Exploring the zone of anisotropy and broken symmetries in DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization. United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611808113
O’Brien, Matthew N., Girard, Martin, Lin, Hai-Xin, Millan, Jaime A., Olvera de la Cruz, Monica, Lee, Byeongdu, and Mirkin, Chad A. Tue .
"Exploring the zone of anisotropy and broken symmetries in DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization". United States. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611808113.
@article{osti_1321026,
title = {Exploring the zone of anisotropy and broken symmetries in DNA-mediated nanoparticle crystallization},
author = {O’Brien, Matthew N. and Girard, Martin and Lin, Hai-Xin and Millan, Jaime A. and Olvera de la Cruz, Monica and Lee, Byeongdu and Mirkin, Chad A.},
abstractNote = {In this work, we present a joint experimental and molecular dynamics simulations effort to understand and map the crystallization behavior of polyhedral nanoparticles assembled via the interaction of DNA surface ligands. In these systems, we systematically investigated the interplay between the effects of particle core (via the particle symmetry and particle size) and ligands (via the ligand length) on crystallization behavior. This investigation revealed rich phase diagrams, previously unobserved phase transitions in polyhedral crystallization behavior, and an unexpected symmetry breaking in the ligand distribution on a particle surface. To understand these results, we introduce the concept of a zone of anisotropy, or the portion of the phase space where the anisotropy of the particle is preserved in the crystallization behavior. Through comparison of the zone of anisotropy for each particle we develop a foundational roadmap to guide future investigations.},
doi = {10.1073/pnas.1611808113},
journal = {Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America},
number = 38,
volume = 113,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016},
month = {Tue Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 2016}
}
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1611808113
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