Non-equilibrium anisotropic colloidal single crystal growth with DNA

Soyoung E. Seo; Martin Girard; Monica Olvera de la Cruz; Chad A. Mirkin

doi:10.1038/s41467-018-06982-9

Nature Communications (Nov 2018)

Non-equilibrium anisotropic colloidal single crystal growth with DNA

Soyoung E. Seo,
Martin Girard,
Monica Olvera de la Cruz,
Chad A. Mirkin

Affiliations

Soyoung E. Seo: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Martin Girard: Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University
Monica Olvera de la Cruz: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University
Chad A. Mirkin: Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06982-9
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA can be used to synthesize highly anisotropic hexagonal prismatic microcrystals. This manuscript introduces a plane multiplicity mechanism that can be used to deliberately design non-equilibrium Wulff shapes, a capability important in many areas, including optics and photocatalysis.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
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