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Díaz-Marín CD, Li D, Vázquez-Cosme FJ, Pajovic S, Cha H, Song Y, Kilpatrick C, Vaartstra G, Wilson CT, Boriskina S, Wang EN. Capillary Transfer of Self-Assembled Colloidal Crystals. NANO LETTERS 2023; 23:1888-1896. [PMID: 36802577 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.2c04896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Colloidal self-assembly has attracted significant interest in numerous applications including optics, electrochemistry, thermofluidics, and biomolecule templating. To meet the requirements of these applications, numerous fabrication methods have been developed. However, these are limited to narrow ranges of feature sizes, are incompatible with many substrates, and/or have low scalability, significantly limiting the use of colloidal self-assembly. In this work, we study the capillary transfer of colloidal crystals and demonstrate that this approach overcomes these limitations. Enabled by capillary transfer, we fabricate 2D colloidal crystals with nano-to-micro feature sizes spanning 2 orders of magnitude and on typically challenging substrates including those that are hydrophobic, rough, curved, or structured with microchannels. We developed and systemically validated a capillary peeling model, elucidating the underlying transfer physics. Due to its high versatility, good quality, and simplicity, this approach can expand the possibilities of colloidal self-assembly and enhance the performance of applications using colloidal crystals.
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- Carlos D Díaz-Marín
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Departamento de Ingeniería Mecánica, Universidad de Puerto Rico─Mayagüez, Mayagüez, 00681, Puerto Rico
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California, 94305, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Díaz-Marín CD, Shetty RM, Cheung S, Vaartstra G, Gopinath A, Wang EN. Rational Fabrication of Nano-to-Microsphere Polycrystalline Opals Using Slope Self-Assembly. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:12568-12576. [PMID: 34672609 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c01857] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Self-assembly of artificial opals has garnered significant interest as a facile nanofabrication technique capable of producing highly ordered structures for optical, electrochemical, biomolecular, and thermal applications. In these applications, the optimum opal particle diameter can vary by several orders of magnitude because the properties of the resultant structures depend strongly on the feature size. However, current opal fabrication techniques only produce high-quality structures over a limited range of sphere sizes or require complex processes and equipment. In this work, the rational and simple fabrication of polycrystalline opals with diameters between 500 nm and 10 μm was demonstrated using slope self-assembly of colloids suspended in ethanol-water. The role of the various process parameters was elucidated through a scaling-based model that accurately captures the variations of opal substrate coverage for spheres of size 2 μm or smaller. For spheres of 10 μm and larger, capillary forces were shown to play a key role in the process dynamics. Based on these insights, millimeter-scale monolayered opals were successfully fabricated, while centimeter-scale opals were possible with sparse sphere stacking or small uncovered areas. These insights provide a guide for the simple and fast fabrication of opals that can be used as optical coatings, templates for high power density electrodes, molecule templates, and high-performance thermo-fluidic devices.
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- Carlos D Díaz-Marín
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Kulkarni SA, Kolhatkar AG, Lee TR, Garno JC. Vibrational response of clusters of Fe 3O 4 nanoparticles patterned on glass surfaces investigated with magnetic sample modulation AFM. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:20426-20434. [PMID: 30378633 DOI: 10.1039/c8nr06174b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The vibration of Fe3O4 nanoparticles in response to an alternating magnetic field can be sensitively detected using contact mode atomic force microscopy (AFM) combined with selective modulation of magnetic domains. While imaging patterned samples of magnetic nanoparticles with contact mode AFM, a magnetic field was applied to drive sample vibration. The field altered in polarity and strength according to parameters of an AC current applied to a solenoid located under the sample. The vibration of Fe3O4 nanoparticles was detected by a nonmagnetic AFM tip to map the changes in frequency and amplitude of the vibrating sample at the level of individual Fe3O4 nanoparticles and clusters. Colloidal lithography, was used to prepare patterns of Fe3O4 nanoparticles on a glass surface using the basic steps of mixing, drying and removing the surface template of latex spheres. Monodisperse latex spheres were used to guide the deposition of magnetic nanoparticles in the spaces between the close-packed spheres of the latex film. With a mixture approach of "two-particle" lithography, 2D arrays of patterned aggregates of metal nanoparticles were generated which formed a periodic, well-defined arrangement that was suitable for subsequent characterizations with magnetic sample modulation (MSM).
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- Shalaka A Kulkarni
- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 232 Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA, 70803 USA.
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Zhai X, Arachchige NMKK, Derosa P, Garno JC. Conductive-probe measurements with nanodots of free-base and metallated porphyrins. J Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 486:38-45. [PMID: 27693519 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2016.09.039] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/22/2016] [Revised: 09/12/2016] [Accepted: 09/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Picoliter Well Array Chip-Based Digital Recombinase Polymerase Amplification for Absolute Quantification of Nucleic Acids. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0153359. [PMID: 27074005 PMCID: PMC4830604 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0153359] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/29/2016] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Absolute, precise quantification methods expand the scope of nucleic acids research and have many practical applications. Digital polymerase chain reaction (dPCR) is a powerful method for nucleic acid detection and absolute quantification. However, it requires thermal cycling and accurate temperature control, which are difficult in resource-limited conditions. Accordingly, isothermal methods, such as recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA), are more attractive. We developed a picoliter well array (PWA) chip with 27,000 consistently sized picoliter reactions (314 pL) for isothermal DNA quantification using digital RPA (dRPA) at 39°C. Sample loading using a scraping liquid blade was simple, fast, and required small reagent volumes (i.e., <20 μL). Passivating the chip surface using a methoxy-PEG-silane agent effectively eliminated cross-contamination during dRPA. Our creative optical design enabled wide-field fluorescence imaging in situ and both end-point and real-time analyses of picoliter wells in a 6-cm2 area. It was not necessary to use scan shooting and stitch serial small images together. Using this method, we quantified serial dilutions of a Listeria monocytogenes gDNA stock solution from 9 × 10-1 to 4 × 10-3 copies per well with an average error of less than 11% (N = 15). Overall dRPA-on-chip processing required less than 30 min, which was a 4-fold decrease compared to dPCR, requiring approximately 2 h. dRPA on the PWA chip provides a simple and highly sensitive method to quantify nucleic acids without thermal cycling or precise micropump/microvalve control. It has applications in fast field analysis and critical clinical diagnostics under resource-limited settings.
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Pi F, Dillard P, Limozin L, Charrier A, Sengupta K. Nanometric protein-patch arrays on glass and polydimethylsiloxane for cell adhesion studies. NANO LETTERS 2013; 13:3372-8. [PMID: 23808889 DOI: 10.1021/nl401696m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We present a simple cost-effective benchtop protocol to functionalize glass and polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) with nanometric protein patches for cell adhesion studies. Evaporation masks, covering macroscopic areas on glass, were made using improved strategies for self-assembly of colloidal microbeads which then served as templates for creating the protein patch arrays via the intermediate steps of organo-aminosilane deposition and polyethylene-glycol grafting. The diameter of the patches could be varied down to about 80 nm. The glass substrates were used for advanced optical imaging of T-lymphocytes to explore adhesion by reflection interference contrast microscopy and the possible colocalization of T-cell receptor microclusters and the activating protein patches by total internal reflection fluorescence microscopy. The selectively functionalized glass could also serve as template for transferring the protein nanopatches to the surface of a soft elastomer. We demonstrated successful reverse contact printing onto the surface of thin layers of PDMS with stiffness ranging from 30 KPa to 3 MPa.
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- Fuwei Pi
- Aix-Marseille Université , CNRS, CINaM UMR 7325, 13288 Marseille, France
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