Rational Design and Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional, Dodecagonal DNA Quasicrystals

2019 ◽  
Vol 141 (10) ◽  
pp. 4248-4251 ◽  
Author(s):  
Longfei Liu ◽  
Zhe Li ◽  
Yulin Li ◽  
Chengde Mao
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Two Dimensional

scholarly journals Geometrical frustration as a potential design principle for peptide-based assemblies

2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (6) ◽  
pp. 20160141 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tao Jiang ◽  
Elizabeth L. Magnotti ◽  
Vincent P. Conticello
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Rational Design ◽  
Structural Parameters ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Protein Assemblies ◽  
Geometrical Frustration ◽  
Protein Motifs ◽  
Planar Shapes ◽  
And Function

Two-dimensional peptide and protein assemblies have been the focus of increased scientific research as they display significant potential for the creation of functional nanomaterials. Soluble subunits derived from a variety of protein motifs have been demonstrated to self-assemble into structurally defined nanosheets under environmentally benign conditions in which the components often retain their native structure and function. These types of two-dimensional assemblies may have an advantage for nanofabrication in that their extended planar shapes can be more straightforwardly incorporated into the current formats of nanoscale devices. However, significant challenges remain in the fabrication of these materials, particularly in devising methods to control the size, shape and internal structure of the resultant materials. Geometrical frustration may be envisioned as a possible mechanism to exert control over these structural parameters through rational design. While this objective has yet to be realized in practice, we discuss in this article the potential role of geometrical frustration as a principle to rationalize unusual self-assembly behaviour in several examples of two-dimensional peptide assemblies.

scholarly journals Anisotropic nanocrystal shape and ligand design for co-assembly

2021 ◽  
Vol 7 (23) ◽  
pp. eabf9402
Author(s):  
Katherine C. Elbert ◽  
William Zygmunt ◽  
Thi Vo ◽  
Corbin M. Vara ◽  
Daniel J. Rosen ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rational Design ◽  
Ligand Design ◽  
Building Blocks ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Secondary System ◽  
Assembly Design ◽  
Ligand Shell ◽  
Powerful Approach ◽  
Anisotropic Systems ◽  
Direct Materials

The use of nanocrystal (NC) building blocks to create metamaterials is a powerful approach to access emergent materials. Given the immense library of materials choices, progress in this area for anisotropic NCs is limited by the lack of co-assembly design principles. Here, we use a rational design approach to guide the co-assembly of two such anisotropic systems. We modulate the removal of geometrical incompatibilities between NCs by tuning the ligand shell, taking advantage of the lock-and-key motifs between emergent shapes of the ligand coating to subvert phase separation. Using a combination of theory, simulation, and experiments, we use our strategy to achieve co-assembly of a binary system of cubes and triangular plates and a secondary system involving two two-dimensional (2D) nanoplates. This theory-guided approach to NC assembly has the potential to direct materials choices for targeted binary co-assembly.

scholarly journals Template-Free Self-Assembly of Two-Dimensional Polymers into Nano/Microstructured Materials

Molecules ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 26 (11) ◽  
pp. 3310
Author(s):  
Shengda Liu ◽  
Jiayun Xu ◽  
Xiumei Li ◽  
Tengfei Yan ◽  
Shuangjiang Yu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Recent Progress ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Subsequent Removal ◽  
The Past ◽  
2D Polymers ◽  
Template Free ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Polymer Tubes

In the past few decades, enormous efforts have been made to synthesize covalent polymer nano/microstructured materials with specific morphologies, due to the relationship between their structures and functions. Up to now, the formation of most of these structures often requires either templates or preorganization in order to construct a specific structure before, and then the subsequent removal of previous templates to form a desired structure, on account of the lack of “self-error-correcting” properties of reversible interactions in polymers. The above processes are time-consuming and tedious. A template-free, self-assembled strategy as a “bottom-up” route to fabricate well-defined nano/microstructures remains a challenge. Herein, we introduce the recent progress in template-free, self-assembled nano/microstructures formed by covalent two-dimensional (2D) polymers, such as polymer capsules, polymer films, polymer tubes and polymer rings.

General Interfacial Self‐Assembly Engineering for Patterning Two‐Dimensional Polymers with Cylindrical Mesopores on Graphene

2019 ◽  
Vol 58 (30) ◽  
pp. 10173-10178 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hao Tian ◽  
Jieqiong Qin ◽  
Dan Hou ◽  
Qian Li ◽  
Chen Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Two Dimensional

Percolation in two-dimensional nanoparticle films from colloidal self-assembly

2007 ◽  
Vol 204 (6) ◽  
pp. 1856-1862 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ching-Ling Hsu ◽  
Szu-Ming Chu ◽  
Kiwi Wood ◽  
Yi-Rong Yang
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembly ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Nanoparticle Films

Self-assembly of carbon nanotubes into two-dimensional geometries using DNA origami templates

2009 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 61-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hareem T. Maune ◽  
Si-ping Han ◽  
Robert D. Barish ◽  
Marc Bockrath ◽  
William A. Goddard III ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Nanotubes ◽  
Self Assembly ◽  
Dna Origami ◽  
Two Dimensional
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