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ArticleNature communications2024

Self-assembly of nanocrystal checkerboard patterns via non-specific interactions.

Yufei Wang, Yilong Zhou, Quanpeng Yang, Rourav Basak, Yu Xie, Dong Le, Alexander D Fuqua, Wade Shipley, Zachary Yam, Alex Frano and 2 more

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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12 authors.

Yufei Wang *Department of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Yilong Zhou *Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5610-826X
Quanpeng YangDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4395-9866
Rourav BasakDepartment of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1609-8316
Yu XieDepartment of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Dong LeMaterials Science and Engineering Program, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alexander D FuquaDepartment of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Wade ShipleyDepartment of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Zachary YamDepartment of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.
Alex FranoDepartment of Physics, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9316-129X
Gaurav AryaDepartment of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. gaurav.arya@duke.edu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5615-0521
Andrea R TaoDepartment of Chemical and Nanoengineering, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA. atao@ucsd.edu.

Funding

NSF | Directorate for Mathematical & Physical Sciences | Division of Materials Research (DMR) DMR-2011924
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Checkerboard lattices-where the resulting structure is open, porous, and highly symmetric-are difficult to create by self-assembly. Synthetic systems that adopt such structures typically rely on shape complementarity and site-specific chemical interactions that are only available to biomolecular systems (e.g., protein, DNA). Here we show the assembly of checkerboard lattices from colloidal nanocrystals that harness the effects of multiple, coupled physical forces at disparate length scales (interfacial, interparticle, and intermolecular) and that do not rely on chemical binding. Colloidal Ag nanocubes were bi-functionalized with mixtures of hydrophilic and hydrophobic surface ligands and subsequently assembled at an air-water interface. Using feedback between molecular dynamics simulations and interfacial assembly experiments, we achieve a periodic checkerboard mesostructure that represents a tiny fraction of the phase space associated with the polymer-grafted nanocrystals used in these experiments. In a broader context, this work expands our knowledge of non-specific nanocrystal interactions and presents a computation-guided strategy for designing self-assembling materials.

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