Regulating phase behavior of nanoparticle assemblies through engineering of DNA-mediated isotropic interactions

Mao, Runfang; Minevich, Brian; McKeen, Daniel; Chen, Qizan; Lu, Fang; Gang, Oleg; Mittal, Jeetain

doi:10.1073/pnas.2302037120

Title: Regulating phase behavior of nanoparticle assemblies through engineering of DNA-mediated isotropic interactions

Journal Article · 18 December 2023 · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2302037120 · OSTI ID:2242531

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Univ. of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States)
Texas A & M Univ., College Station, TX (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Columbia Univ., New York, NY (United States); Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Self-assembly of isotropically interacting particles into desired crystal structures could allow for creating designed functional materials via simple synthetic means. However, the ability to use isotropic particles to assemble different crystal types remains challenging, especially for generating low-coordinated crystal structures. Here, we demonstrate that isotropic pairwise interparticle interactions can be rationally tuned through the design of DNA shells in a range that allows transition from common, high-coordinated FCC-CuAu and BCC-CsCl lattices, to more exotic symmetries for spherical particles such as the SC-NaCl lattice and to low-coordinated crystal structures (i.e., cubic diamond, open honeycomb). The combination of computational and experimental approaches reveals such a design strategy using DNA-functionalized nanoparticles and successfully demonstrates the realization of BCC-CsCl, SC-NaCl, and a weakly ordered cubic diamond phase. The study reveals the phase behavior of isotropic nanoparticles for DNA–shell tunable interaction, which, due to the ease of synthesis is promising for the practical realization of non-close-packed lattices.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); National Science Foundation (NSF); USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704; SC0008772; AC02-05CH11231; CBET 1953245; A-2113-20220331; TG-MCB120014

OSTI ID:: 2242531

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 2338122

Report Number(s):: BNL-225492-2024-JAAM

Journal Information:: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 120, Issue 52; ISSN 0027-8424

Publisher:: National Academy of SciencesCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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