Supra-Nanoparticle Functional Assemblies through Programmable Stacking

Cheng Tian, Marco Aurelio L. Cordeiro, Julien Lhermitte, Huolin L. Xin, Lior Shani, Mingzhao Liu, Chunli Ma, Yosef Yeshurun, Donald Dimarzio, Oleg Gang

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Abstract

The quest for the by-design assembly of material and devices from nanoscale inorganic components is well recognized. Conventional self-assembly is often limited in its ability to control material morphology and structure simultaneously. Here, we report a general method of assembling nanoparticles in a linear "pillar" morphology with regulated internal configurations. Our approach is inspired by supramolecular systems, where intermolecular stacking guides the assembly process to form diverse linear morphologies. Programmable stacking interactions were realized through incorporation of DNA coded recognition between the designed planar nanoparticle clusters. This resulted in the formation of multilayered pillar architectures with a well-defined internal nanoparticle organization. By controlling the number, position, size, and composition of the nanoparticles in each layer, a broad range of nanoparticle pillars were assembled and characterized in detail. In addition, we demonstrated the utility of this stacking assembly strategy for investigating plasmonic and electrical transport properties.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)7036-7048
Number of pages13
JournalACS Nano
Volume11
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 25 Jul 2017

Bibliographical note

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© 2017 American Chemical Society.

Funding

This research conducted at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials which is U.S. DOE Office of Science Facilities, operated at Brookhaven National Laboratory under contract no. DE-SC0012704. The authors thank D. Nykypanchuk and Y. Zhang for the help in the SAXS measurement and analysis, F. Camino for assistance in FIB experiments and the work on the probe station, T. Havdala and A. Sharoni for extensive help in preparing the pads on the substrate, and Y. Rabin and D. Porath for helpful discussions. We thank Dr. Jesse Tice of NG Next for the helpful suggestions for the manuscript. The work was supported by BNL LDRD program and NG Next, Northrop Grumman Corporation. L.S. and Y.Y. were supported by the Israel Science Foundation (ISF-164/12) and the German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF) (I-1234-303.10/2014).

FundersFunder number
BNL LDRD
U.S. Department of EnergyDE-SC0012704
Northrop Grumman
German-Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and DevelopmentI-1234-303.10/2014
Israel Science FoundationISF-164/12

    Keywords

    • DNA nanotechnology
    • DNA origami
    • nanoparticle
    • nanostructure
    • plasmonics
    • self-assembly

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