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ArticleScience (New York, N.Y.)2016

Transmutable nanoparticles with reconfigurable surface ligands.

Youngeun Kim, Robert J Macfarlane, Matthew R Jones, Chad A Mirkin

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Article in Science (New York, N.Y.), 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 41 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

41 citing papers in PubMed.

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  19. Device-quality, reconfigurable metamaterials from shape-directed nanocrystal assembly.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2020
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Youngeun KimDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Robert J MacfarlaneInternational Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Matthew R JonesDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA.
Chad A MirkinDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. International Institute of Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA. chadnano@northwestern.edu.

Funding

Tumor Environment and Metastasis (TEAM) Research ProgramP30CA060553 · NCI · NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AT CHICAGO · PI Daniela E Matei · 1993 to 2026
$153.9M
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Unlike conventional inorganic materials, biological systems are exquisitely adapted to respond to their surroundings. Proteins and other biological molecules can process a complex set of chemical binding events as informational inputs and respond accordingly via a change in structure and function. We applied this principle to the design and synthesis of inorganic materials by preparing nanoparticles with reconfigurable surface ligands, where interparticle bonding can be programmed in response to specific chemical cues in a dynamic manner. As a result, a nascent set of "transmutable nanoparticles" can be driven to crystallize along multiple thermodynamic trajectories, resulting in rational control over the phase and time evolution of nanoparticle-based matter.

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CrystallizationDNAGoldLigandsMetal NanoparticlesNucleic Acid ConformationThermodynamicsDNAGoldLigands

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