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Beneduce C, Sciortino F, Šulc P, Russo J. Engineering Azeotropy to Optimize the Self-Assembly of Colloidal Mixtures. ACS NANO 2023; 17:24841-24853. [PMID: 38048489 PMCID: PMC10753881 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c05569] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2023] [Revised: 11/08/2023] [Accepted: 11/09/2023] [Indexed: 12/06/2023]
Abstract
The goal of inverse self-assembly is to design interparticle interactions capable of assembling the units into a desired target structure. The effective assembly of complex structures often requires the use of multiple components, each new component increasing the thermodynamic degrees of freedom and, hence, the complexity of the self-assembly pathway. In this work we explore the possibility to use azeotropy, i.e., a special thermodynamic condition where the system behaves effectively as a one-component system, as a way to control the self-assembly of an arbitrary number of components. Exploiting the mass-balance equations, we show how to select patchy particle systems that exhibit azeotropic points along the desired self-assembly pathway. As an example we map the phase diagram of a binary mixture that, by design, fully assembles into cubic (and only cubic) diamond crystal via an azeotropic point. The ability to explicitly include azeotropic points in artificial designs reveals effective pathways for the self-assembly of complex structures.
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- Camilla Beneduce
- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Sapienza Università di
Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Sapienza Università di
Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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- School
of Molecular Sciences and Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics,
The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85281, United States
- School
of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, TU Munich, Am Coulombwall
4a, 85748, Garching, Germany
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Sapienza Università di
Roma, P.le Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Rome, Italy
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Logan JA, Michelson A, Pattammattel A, Yan H, Gang O, Tkachenko AV. Symmetry-specific characterization of bond orientation order in DNA-assembled nanoparticle lattices. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:154905. [PMID: 37862110 DOI: 10.1063/5.0168604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/28/2023] [Indexed: 10/22/2023] Open
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Bond-orientational order in DNA-assembled nanoparticles lattices is explored with the help of recently introduced Symmetry-specific Bond Order Parameters (SymBOPs). This approach provides a more sensitive analysis of local order than traditional scalar BOPs, facilitating the identification of coherent domains at the single bond level. The present study expands the method initially developed for assemblies of anisotropic particles to the isotropic ones or cases where particle orientation information is unavailable. The SymBOP analysis was applied to experiments on DNA-frame-based assembly of nanoparticle lattices. It proved highly sensitive in identifying coherent crystalline domains with different orientations, as well as detecting topological defects, such as dislocations. Furthermore, the analysis distinguishes individual sublattices within a single crystalline domain, such as pair of interpenetrating FCC lattices within a cubic diamond. The results underscore the versatility and robustness of SymBOPs in characterizing ordering phenomena, making them valuable tools for investigating structural properties in various systems.
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- Jack A Logan
- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut 06520, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 817 SW Mudd, New York, New York 10027, USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 817 SW Mudd, New York, New York 10027, USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Zeng SY, Hsu CH, Wu TM. Bond Orientational Order Parameters for Classifying Solid-like Clusters in a Lennard-Jones System near Liquid-Solid Transition and at Solid States. J Phys Chem A 2022; 126:2018-2030. [PMID: 35297626 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.1c09527] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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In this paper, we introduced an order parameter, named the local structure similarity (LSS), to measure the resemblance of a cluster structure in a liquid with respect to a perfect crystal. The LSS is based on a dot product of two bond orientational order complex vectors, with one vector associated with a particle in a liquid and the other vector with a particle in a crystal. The calculation of the LSS should scan the entire space of the Euler angles determined by the two coordinate frames describing individually the liquid and the crystal. The effectiveness of the LSS was examined by solid-like clusters in a Lennard-Jones (LJ) system near its liquid-solid phase transition and at solid states below its melting point, where the thermodynamic states of the LJ system were obtained by simulation annealing. The LSS measure was utilized to scrutinize the fcc-like, hcp-like, and bcc-like clusters classified by criteria based on W4 and W6 order parameters. As indicated by our results, the two ways of classification are consistent for fcc-like and hcp-like clusters, which are in a close resemblance to their crystalline counterparts. However, the classification with positive W6 for bcc-like clusters is inconsistent with the results of the LSS measure, which was confirmed by clusters in a LJ system confined between two parallel slabs of particles in the bcc structure arrangement.
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- Sheng-Yuan Zeng
- Institute of Physics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Institute of Physics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan, R.O.C
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- Institute of Physics, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Hsinchu 30010, Taiwan, R.O.C
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Logan JA, Mushnoori S, Dutt M, Tkachenko AV. Symmetry-specific orientational order parameters for complex structures. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:054108. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0076915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- Jack A. Logan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Mushnoori S, Logan JA, Tkachenko AV, Dutt M. Controlling morphology in hybrid isotropic/patchy particle assemblies. J Chem Phys 2022; 156:024501. [PMID: 35032996 DOI: 10.1063/5.0076914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Brownian dynamics is used to study self-assembly in a hybrid system of isotropic particles (IPs), combined with anisotropic building blocks that represent special "designer particles." Those are modeled as spherical patchy particles (PPs) with binding only allowed between their patches and IPs. In this study, two types of PPs are considered: Octahedral PPs (Oh-PPs) and Square PPs (Sq-PPs), with octahedral and square arrangements of patches, respectively. The self-assembly is additionally facilitated by the simulated annealing procedure. The resultant structures are characterized by a combination of local correlations in cubatic ordering and a symmetry-specific variation of bond orientation order parameters (SymBOPs). By varying the PP/IP size ratio, we detected a sharp crossover between two distinct morphologies in both types of systems. High symmetry phases, NaCl crystal for Oh-PP and square lattice for Sq-PP, are observed for larger size ratios. For the smaller ones, the dominant morphologies are significantly different, e.g., Oh-PPs form a compact amorphous structure with predominantly face-to-face orientation of neighboring PPs. Unusually, for a morphology without a long-range order, it is still possible to identify well organized coherent clusters of this structure, thanks to the adoption of our SymBOP-based characterization.
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- Srinivas Mushnoori
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, New Jersey 08854, USA
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Klumov BA, Ryltsev RE, Chtchelkatchev NM. Polytetrahedral structure and glass-forming ability of simulated Ni–Zr alloys. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:134501. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5041325] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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- B. A. Klumov
- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences, 125412 Moscow, Russia
- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117940 Moscow, Russia
- Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117940 Moscow, Russia
- Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 117940 Moscow, Russia
- Ural Federal University, 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 141700 Moscow, Russia
- Institute for High Pressure Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Troitsk 108840, Moscow, Russia
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Dias CS, Araújo NAM, Telo da Gama MM. Dynamics of network fluids. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2017; 247:258-263. [PMID: 28802478 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2017] [Revised: 05/16/2017] [Accepted: 07/02/2017] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Network fluids are structured fluids consisting of chains and branches. They are characterized by unusual physical properties, such as, exotic bulk phase diagrams, interfacial roughening and wetting transitions, and equilibrium and nonequilibrium gels. Here, we provide an overview of a selection of their equilibrium and dynamical properties. Recent research efforts towards bridging equilibrium and non-equilibrium studies are discussed, as well as several open questions.
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- C S Dias
- Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1749-016, Portugal.
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- Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1749-016, Portugal
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- Departamento de Física, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade de Lisboa, 1749-016 Lisboa, Portugal; Centro de Física Teórica e Computacional, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisboa 1749-016, Portugal
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Patra N, Tkachenko AV. Layer-by-layer assembly of patchy particles as a route to nontrivial structures. Phys Rev E 2017; 96:022601. [PMID: 28950567 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.96.022601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2017] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
Abstract
We propose a strategy for robust high-quality self-assembly of nontrivial periodic structures out of patchy particles and investigate it with Brownian dynamics simulations. Its first element is the use of specific patch-patch and shell-shell interactions between the particles, which can be implemented through differential functionalization of patched and shell regions with specific DNA strands. The other key element of our approach is the use of a layer-by-layer protocol that allows one to avoid the formation of undesired random aggregates. As an example, we design and self-assemble in silico a version of a double diamond lattice in which four particle types are arranged into bcc crystal made of four fcc sublattices. The lattice can be further converted to cubic diamond by selective removal of the particles of certain types. Our results demonstrate that by combining the directionality, selectivity of interactions, and the layer-by-layer protocol, a high-quality robust self-assembly can be achieved.
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- Niladri Patra
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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Assembly and Rearrangement of Particles Confined at a Surface of a Droplet, and Intruder Motion in Electro-Shaken Particle Films. MATERIALS 2016; 9:ma9080679. [PMID: 28773803 PMCID: PMC5510736 DOI: 10.3390/ma9080679] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/08/2016] [Revised: 07/29/2016] [Accepted: 08/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Manipulation of particles at the surface of a droplet can lead to the formation of structures with heterogeneous surfaces, including patchy colloidal capsules or patchy particles. Here, we study the assembly and rearrangement of microparticles confined at the surface of oil droplets. These processes are driven by electric-field-induced hydrodynamic flows and by ‘electro-shaking’ the colloidal particles. We also investigate the motion of an intruder particle in the particle film and present the possibility of segregating the surface particles. The results are expected to be relevant for understanding the mechanism for particle segregation and, eventually, lead to the formation of new patchy structures.
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Ryltsev RE, Klumov BA, Chtchelkatchev NM, Shunyaev KY. Cooling rate dependence of simulated Cu64.5Zr35.5 metallic glass structure. J Chem Phys 2016; 145:034506. [DOI: 10.1063/1.4958631] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
Affiliation(s)
- R. E. Ryltsev
- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 101 Amundsen Str., 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Kosygina Str., 119334 Moscow, Russia
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- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Kosygina Str., 119334 Moscow, Russia
- Aix-Marseille-Université, CNRS, Laboratoire PIIM, UMR 7345, 13397 Marseille Cedex 20, France
- High Temperature Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, 13/2 Izhorskaya Str., 125412 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 101 Amundsen Str., 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- L.D. Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 2 Kosygina Str., 119334 Moscow, Russia
- Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, 9 Institutskiy Per., Dolgoprudny, 141700 Moscow Region, Russia
- All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics, 22 Sushchevskaya, 127055 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Metallurgy, Ural Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, 101 Amundsen Str., 620016 Ekaterinburg, Russia
- Ural Federal University, 19 Mira Str., 620002 Ekaterinburg, Russia
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