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Liu H, Matthies M, Russo J, Rovigatti L, Narayanan RP, Diep T, McKeen D, Gang O, Stephanopoulos N, Sciortino F, Yan H, Romano F, Šulc P. Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of DNA origami through model-driven experiments. Science 2024; 384:776-781. [PMID: 38753798 DOI: 10.1126/science.adl5549] [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: 10/27/2023] [Accepted: 03/19/2024] [Indexed: 05/18/2024]
Abstract
Sophisticated statistical mechanics approaches and human intuition have demonstrated the possibility of self-assembling complex lattices or finite-size constructs. However, attempts so far have mostly only been successful in silico and often fail in experiment because of unpredicted traps associated with kinetic slowing down (gelation, glass transition) and competing ordered structures. Theoretical predictions also face the difficulty of encoding the desired interparticle interaction potential with the experimentally available nano- and micrometer-sized particles. To overcome these issues, we combine SAT assembly (a patchy-particle interaction design algorithm based on constrained optimization) with coarse-grained simulations of DNA nanotechnology to experimentally realize trap-free self-assembly pathways. We use this approach to assemble a pyrochlore three-dimensional lattice, coveted for its promise in the construction of optical metamaterials, and characterize it with small-angle x-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy visualization.
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- Hao Liu
- School of Molecular Sciences and Center for Molecular Design and Biomimetics, The Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, AZ 85281, USA
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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, AZ 85281, USA
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- 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, AZ 85281, USA
- Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, University of California-San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
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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, AZ 85281, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 817 SW Mudd, New York, NY 10027, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, 817 SW Mudd, New York, NY 10027, USA
- Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
- Center for Functional Nanomaterials, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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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, AZ 85281, USA
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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, AZ 85281, USA
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- Department of Molecular Sciences and Nanosystems, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Via Torino 155, 30171 Venezia-Mestre, Italy
- European Centre for Living Technology (ECLT), Ca' Bottacin, 3911 Dorsoduro Calle Crosera, 30123 Venice, 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, AZ 85281, USA
- School of Natural Sciences, Department of Bioscience, Technical University Munich, 85748 Garching, Germany
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Flavell W, Neophytou A, Demetriadou A, Albrecht T, Chakrabarti D. Programmed Self-Assembly of Single Colloidal Gyroids for Chiral Photonic Crystals. ADVANCED MATERIALS (DEERFIELD BEACH, FLA.) 2023; 35:e2211197. [PMID: 36864647 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202211197] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2022] [Revised: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Gyroid structures are of extensive interest because they provide a rich platform for chiroptics as well as topological photonics. While the double-gyroid morphology as a bicontinuous structure is not uncommon in self-assembled soft materials, direct self-assembly of single-network gyroids has proven elusive. Here, an enantiomorphic pair of single-gyroid crystals comprising colloidal spheres is presented, and two distinct routes are demonstrated for programmed self-assembly of each single colloidal gyroid enantiomorph from rationally designed patchy spheres. The designer colloidal patchy spheres, which closely hew to their synthetic feasibility, are chiral, having either two staggered rectangular patches at opposite poles or four circular patches arranged in a well-defined geometry. The single colloidal gyroid, as well as its inverse structure, is shown to support a wide complete photonic bandgap in addition to exhibiting rich chiroptical properties, making them attractive chiral photonic crystals. The versatility of this single colloidal gyroid, the bottom-up routes devised here in silico, and the robustness of the design space for the chiral colloidal patchy spheres together make a strong case for single colloidal gyroids to supersede colloidal diamond, as a target for programmed self-assembly, in the quest for photonic crystals operating at optical frequencies.
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- Wesley Flavell
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, B15 2TT, UK
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Kim YJ, Kim JH, Jo IS, Pine DJ, Sacanna S, Yi GR. Patchy Colloidal Clusters with Broken Symmetry. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:13175-13183. [PMID: 34392686 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c05123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Colloidal clusters are prepared by assembling positively charged cross-linked polystyrene (PS) particles onto negatively charged liquid cores of swollen polymer particles. PS particles at the interface of the liquid core are closely packed around the core due to interfacial wetting. Then, by evaporating solvent in the liquid cores, polymers in the cores are solidified and the clusters are cemented. As the swelling ratio of PS cores increases, cores at the center of colloidal clusters are exposed, forming patchy colloidal clusters. Finally, by density gradient centrifugation, high-purity symmetric colloidal clusters are obtained. When silica-PS core-shell particles are swollen and serve as the liquid cores, hybrid colloidal clusters are obtained in which each silica nanoparticle is relocated to the liquid core interface during the swelling-deswelling process breaking symmetry in colloidal clusters as the silica nanoparticle in the core is comparable in size with the PS particle in the shell. The configuration of colloidal clusters is determined once the number of particles around the liquid core is given, which depends on the size ratio of the liquid core and shell particle. Since hybrid clusters are heavier than PS particles, they can be purified using centrifugation.
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- You-Jin Kim
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16419, Republic of Korea
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16419, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York 11201, United States
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, Gyeonggi 16419, Republic of Korea.,Department of Chemical Engineering, POSTECH, Pohang, Gyeongbuk 37673, Republic of Korea
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Li ZW, Sun YW, Wang YH, Zhu YL, Lu ZY, Sun ZY. Softness-Enhanced Self-Assembly of Pyrochlore- and Perovskite-like Colloidal Photonic Crystals from Triblock Janus Particles. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:7159-7165. [PMID: 34297560 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c01969] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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It remains extremely challenging to build three-dimensional photonic crystals with complete photonic bandgaps by simple and experimentally realizable colloidal building blocks. Here, we demonstrate that particle softness can enhance both the self-assembly of pyrochlore- and perovskite-like lattice structures from simple deformable triblock Janus colloids and their photonic bandgap performances. Dynamics simulation results show that the region of stability of pyrochlore lattices can be greatly expanded by appropriately increasing softness, and the perovskite lattices are unexpectedly obtained at enough high softness. Photonic calculations show that the direct pyrochlore lattices formed from overlapping soft triblock Janus particles exhibit even larger photonic bandgaps than the ideal nonoverlapping pyrochlore lattice, and proper overlap arising from softness can also dramatically improve the photonic properties of the inverse pyrochlore and perovskite lattices. Our study offers a new and feasible self-assembly path toward three-dimensional photonic crystals with large and robust photonic bandgaps.
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- Zhan-Wei Li
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, Institute of Theoretical Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun 130023, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, China
- University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
- Xinjiang Laboratory of Phase Transitions and Microstructures in Condensed Matter Physics, College of Physical Science and Technology, Yili Normal University, Yining 835000, China
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Cai Z, Li Z, Ravaine S, He M, Song Y, Yin Y, Zheng H, Teng J, Zhang A. From colloidal particles to photonic crystals: advances in self-assembly and their emerging applications. Chem Soc Rev 2021; 50:5898-5951. [PMID: 34027954 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00706d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 136] [Impact Index Per Article: 45.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Over the last three decades, photonic crystals (PhCs) have attracted intense interests thanks to their broad potential applications in optics and photonics. Generally, these structures can be fabricated via either "top-down" lithographic or "bottom-up" self-assembly approaches. The self-assembly approaches have attracted particular attention due to their low cost, simple fabrication processes, relative convenience of scaling up, and the ease of creating complex structures with nanometer precision. The self-assembled colloidal crystals (CCs), which are good candidates for PhCs, have offered unprecedented opportunities for photonics, optics, optoelectronics, sensing, energy harvesting, environmental remediation, pigments, and many other applications. The creation of high-quality CCs and their mass fabrication over large areas are the critical limiting factors for real-world applications. This paper reviews the state-of-the-art techniques in the self-assembly of colloidal particles for the fabrication of large-area high-quality CCs and CCs with unique symmetries. The first part of this review summarizes the types of defects commonly encountered in the fabrication process and their effects on the optical properties of the resultant CCs. Next, the mechanisms of the formation of cracks/defects are discussed, and a range of versatile fabrication methods to create large-area crack/defect-free two-dimensional and three-dimensional CCs are described. Meanwhile, we also shed light on both the advantages and limitations of these advanced approaches developed to fabricate high-quality CCs. The self-assembly routes and achievements in the fabrication of CCs with the ability to open a complete photonic bandgap, such as cubic diamond and pyrochlore structure CCs, are discussed as well. Then emerging applications of large-area high-quality CCs and unique photonic structures enabled by the advanced self-assembly methods are illustrated. At the end of this review, we outlook the future approaches in the fabrication of perfect CCs and highlight their novel real-world applications.
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- Zhongyu Cai
- Research Institute for Frontier Science, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China. and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, 4 Engineering Drive 4, 117576, Singapore and Department of Chemistry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, CRPP, UMR 5031, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Department of Physics, Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY 10003, USA
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- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences (BNLMS), Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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- CNRS, Univ. Bordeaux, CRPP, UMR 5031, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Institute of Materials Research and Engineering, Agency for Science, Technology, and Research (A*STAR), 2 Fusionopolis Way, Innovis, #08-03, Singapore 138634, Singapore.
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- Research Institute for Frontier Science, Beijing Advanced Innovation Center for Biomedical Engineering, School of Space and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, China.
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Ma Y, Aulicino JC, Ferguson AL. Inverse Design of Self-Assembling Diamond Photonic Lattices from Anisotropic Colloidal Clusters. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:2398-2410. [PMID: 33647208 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c08723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Colloidal nanoparticles with anisotropic interactions are promising building blocks for the fabrication of complex functional materials. A challenge in the self-assembly of colloidal particles is the rational design of geometry and chemistry to program the formation of a desired target structure. We report an inverse design procedure integrating Langevin dynamics simulations and evolutionary algorithms to engineer anisotropic patchy colloidal clusters to spontaneously assemble into a cubic diamond lattice possessing a complete photonic band gap. The combination of a tetrahedral cluster geometry and optimized placement of a single type of anisotropic interaction patch results in a colloidal building block predicted to assemble a cubic diamond lattice with more than 82% yield. This design represents an experimentally viable colloidal building block capable of high-fidelity assembly of a cubic diamond lattice.
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- Yutao Ma
- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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- Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637, United States
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Neophytou A, Manoharan VN, Chakrabarti D. Self-Assembly of Patchy Colloidal Rods into Photonic Crystals Robust to Stacking Faults. ACS NANO 2021; 15:2668-2678. [PMID: 33448214 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c07824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Diamond-structured colloidal photonic crystals are much sought-after for their applications in visible light management because of their ability to support a complete photonic band gap (PBG). However, their realization via self-assembly pathways is a long-standing challenge. This challenge is rooted in three fundamental problems: the design of building blocks that assemble into diamond-like structures, the sensitivity of the PBG to stacking faults, and ensuring that the PBG opens at an experimentally attainable refractive index. Here we address these problems simultaneously using a multipronged computational approach. We use reverse engineering to establish the design principles for the rod-connected diamond structure (RCD), the so-called "champion" photonic crystal. We devise two distinct self-assembly routes for designer triblock patchy colloidal rods, both proceeding via tetrahedral clusters to yield a mixed phase of cubic and hexagonal polymorphs closely related to RCD. We use Monte Carlo simulations to show how these routes avoid a metastable amorphous phase. Finally, we show that both the polymorphs support spectrally overlapping PBGs. Importantly, randomly stacked hybrids of these polymorphs also display PBGs, thus circumventing the requirement of polymorph selection in a scalable fabrication method.
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- Andreas Neophytou
- School of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, U.K
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- Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
- Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02138, United States
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He M, Gales JP, Ducrot É, Gong Z, Yi GR, Sacanna S, Pine DJ. Colloidal diamond. Nature 2020; 585:524-529. [PMID: 32968261 DOI: 10.1038/s41586-020-2718-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 34.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2020] [Accepted: 07/22/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Self-assembling colloidal particles in the cubic diamond crystal structure could potentially be used to make materials with a photonic bandgap1-3. Such materials are beneficial because they suppress spontaneous emission of light1 and are valued for their applications as optical waveguides, filters and laser resonators4, for improving light-harvesting technologies5-7 and for other applications4,8. Cubic diamond is preferred for these applications over more easily self-assembled structures, such as face-centred-cubic structures9,10, because diamond has a much wider bandgap and is less sensitive to imperfections11,12. In addition, the bandgap in diamond crystals appears at a refractive index contrast of about 2, which means that a photonic bandgap could be achieved using known materials at optical frequencies; this does not seem to be possible for face-centred-cubic crystals3,13. However, self-assembly of colloidal diamond is challenging. Because particles in a diamond lattice are tetrahedrally coordinated, one approach has been to self-assemble spherical particles with tetrahedral sticky patches14-16. But this approach lacks a mechanism to ensure that the patchy spheres select the staggered orientation of tetrahedral bonds on nearest-neighbour particles, which is required for cubic diamond15,17. Here we show that by using partially compressed tetrahedral clusters with retracted sticky patches, colloidal cubic diamond can be self-assembled using patch-patch adhesion in combination with a steric interlock mechanism that selects the required staggered bond orientation. Photonic bandstructure calculations reveal that the resulting lattices (direct and inverse) have promising optical properties, including a wide and complete photonic bandgap. The colloidal particles in the self-assembled cubic diamond structure are highly constrained and mechanically stable, which makes it possible to dry the suspension and retain the diamond structure. This makes these structures suitable templates for forming high-dielectric-contrast photonic crystals with cubic diamond symmetry.
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- Mingxin He
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA.,Department of Physics, Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Physics, Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY, USA.,University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Centre de Recherche Paul Pascal, Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York, NY, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon, South Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Design Institute, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, NY, USA. .,Department of Physics, Center for Soft Matter Research, New York University, New York, NY, USA.
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Rao A, Shaw J, Neophytou A, Morphew D, Sciortino F, Johnston RL, Chakrabarti D. Leveraging Hierarchical Self-Assembly Pathways for Realizing Colloidal Photonic Crystals. ACS NANO 2020; 14:5348-5359. [PMID: 32374160 PMCID: PMC7304928 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.9b07849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2019] [Accepted: 04/22/2020] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Colloidal open crystals are attractive materials, especially for their photonic applications. Self-assembly appeals as a bottom-up route for structure fabrication, but self-assembly of colloidal open crystals has proven to be elusive for their mechanical instability due to being low-coordinated. For such a bottom-up route to yield a desired colloidal open crystal, the target structure is required to be thermodynamically favored for designer building blocks and also kinetically accessible via self-assembly pathways in preference to metastable structures. Additionally, the selection of a particular polymorph poses a challenge for certain much sought-after colloidal open crystals for their applications as photonic crystals. Here, we devise hierarchical self-assembly pathways, which, starting from designer triblock patchy particles, yield in a cascade of well-separated associations first tetrahedral clusters and then tetrastack crystals. The designed pathways avoid trapping into an amorphous phase. Our analysis reveals how such a two-stage self-assembly pathway via tetrahedral clusters promotes crystallization by suppressing five- and seven-membered rings that hinder the emergence of the ordered structure. We also find that slow annealing promotes a bias toward the cubic polymorph relative to the hexagonal counterpart. Finally, we calculate the photonic band structures, showing that the cubic polymorph exhibits a complete photonic band gap for the dielectric filling fraction directly realizable from the designer triblock patchy particles. Unexpectedly, we find that the hexagonal polymorph also supports a complete photonic band gap, albeit only for an increased filling fraction, which can be realized via postassembly processing.
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- Abhishek
B. Rao
- School
of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- Dipartimento
di Fisica, Sapienza Università di
Roma, Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, 00185 Roma, Italy
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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- School
of Chemistry, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham B15 2TT, United Kingdom
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Park SH, Park H, Hur K, Lee S. Design of DNA Origami Diamond Photonic Crystals. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2019; 3:747-756. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b01171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Materials and Life Science Research Division, Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Seoul 02792, Republic of Korea
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Moon J, Jo IS, Yoon JH, Kim Y, Oh JS, Pine DJ, Yi GR. DNA functionalization of colloidal particles via physisorption of azide-functionalized diblock copolymers. SOFT MATTER 2019; 15:6930-6933. [PMID: 31372613 DOI: 10.1039/c9sm01243e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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DNA-coated inorganic particles can be prepared simply by physical adsorption of azide-functionalized diblock copolymers (polystyrene-b-poly(ethylene oxide)-azide, PS-b-PEO-N3) onto hydrophobically-modified inorganic particles, followed by strain-promoted azide-alkyne cycloaddition (SPAAC, copper-free click chemistry). This approach is applied to organosilica, silica and titania particles. The DNA-coated colloids are successfully crystallized into colloidal superstructures by a thermal annealing process using DNA-mediated assembly.
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- Jeongbin Moon
- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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- Center for Soft Matter Research, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA
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- Center for Soft Matter Research, Department of Physics, New York University, New York, New York 10003, USA and Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering, Tandon School of Engineering, New York University, Brooklyn, New York 11201, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Sungkyunkwan University, Suwon 16419, Republic of Korea.
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Parvez N, Rao DM, Zanjani MB. Investigation of Geometric Landscape and Structure-Property Relations for Colloidal Superstructures Using Genetic Algorithm. J Phys Chem B 2019; 123:7445-7454. [PMID: 31373820 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b05335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
Abstract
Over the past two decades, colloidal particles with a variety of shapes, sizes, and compositions have been synthesized and characterized successfully. One of the most important applications for colloidal building blocks is to engineer functional structures as mechanical, electrical, and optical metamaterials. However, complex interaction dynamics between the building blocks as well as sophisticated structure-property relationships make it challenging to design structures with predictable target properties. In this paper, we implement an inverse material design framework using Genetic Algorithm (GA)-based techniques to streamline the design of colloidal structures based on target properties. We investigate spherical particles as well as colloidal molecules of different sizes and shapes and evaluate a Geometric Landscape Accessibility parameter that identifies the size of feasible domains within the geometric phase space of each structure. Considering target photonic properties, our GA-assisted framework is further utilized to identify sets of building blocks and structures that lead to various target values for the size of the photonic band gaps. The proposed framework in this study will provide new insight for predictive computational material design approaches and help establish more efficient ways of understanding structure-property relations in sub-micrometer-scale materials.
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- Nishan Parvez
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering , Miami University , Oxford , Ohio 45056 , United States
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- Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering , Miami University , Oxford , Ohio 45056 , United States
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering , Miami University , Oxford , Ohio 45056 , United States
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Entropy-Induced Self-Assembly of Colloidal Crystals with High Reflectivity and Narrow Reflection Bandwidth. ENTROPY 2019; 21:e21020180. [PMID: 33266896 PMCID: PMC7514662 DOI: 10.3390/e21020180] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2019] [Revised: 02/10/2019] [Accepted: 02/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
Cracks and defects, which could result in lower reflectivity and larger full width at half maximum (FWHM), are the major obstacles for obtaining highly ordered structures of colloidal crystals (CCs). The high-quality CCs with high reflectivity (more than 90%) and 9.2 nm narrow FWHM have been successfully fabricated using a fixed proportion of a soft matter system composed of silica particles (SPs), polyethylene glycol diacrylate (PEGDA), and ethanol. The influences of refractivity difference, volume fractions, and particle dimension on FWHM were illuminated. Firstly, we clarified the influences of the planar interface and the bending interface on the self-assembly. The CCs had been successfully fabricated on the planar interface and presented unfavorable results on the bending interface. Secondly, a hard sphere system consisting of SPs, PEGDA, and ethanol was established, and the entropy-driven phase transition mechanism of a polydisperse system was expounded. The FWHM and reflectivity of CCs showed an increasing trend with increasing temperature. Consequently, high-quality CCs were obtained by adjusting temperatures (ordered structure formed at 90 °C and solidified at 0 °C) based on the surface phase rule of the system. We acquired a profound understanding of the principle and process of self-assembly, which is significant for preparation and application of CCs such as optical filters.
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Aryana K, Stahley JB, Parvez N, Kim K, Zanjani MB. Superstructures of Multielement Colloidal Molecules: Efficient Pathways to Construct Reconfigurable Photonic and Phononic Crystals. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.201800198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kiumars Aryana
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringMiami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
| | - James B. Stahley
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringMiami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
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- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringMiami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
| | - Kristin Kim
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringMiami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
| | - Mehdi B. Zanjani
- Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringMiami University Oxford OH 45056 USA
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