Sophisticated statistical mechanics approaches and human intuition have demonstrated the possibility of self-assembling complex lattices or finite-size constructs. However, attempts so far have mostly only been successful in silico and often fail in experiment because of unpredicted traps associated with kinetic slowing down (gelation, glass transition) and competing ordered structures. Theoretical predictions also face the difficulty of encoding the desired interparticle interaction potential with the experimentally available nano- and micrometer-sized particles. To overcome these issues, we combine SAT assembly (a patchy-particle interaction design algorithm based on constrained optimization) with coarse-grained simulations of DNA nanotechnology to experimentally realize trap-free self-assembly pathways. We use this approach to assemble a pyrochlore three-dimensional lattice, coveted for its promise in the construction of optical metamaterials, and characterize it with small-angle x-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy visualization.

Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of DNA origami through model-driven experiments / Liu, Hao; Matthies, Michael; Russo, John; Rovigatti, Lorenzo; Narayanan, Raghu Pradeep; Diep, Thong; Mckeen, Daniel; Gang, Oleg; Stephanopoulos, Nicholas; Sciortino, Francesco; Yan, Hao; Romano, Flavio; Šulc, Petr. - In: SCIENCE. - ISSN 0036-8075. - 384:6697(2024), pp. 776-781. [10.1126/science.adl5549]

Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of DNA origami through model-driven experiments

Russo, John;Rovigatti, Lorenzo;Sciortino, Francesco;Romano, Flavio;
2024

Abstract

Sophisticated statistical mechanics approaches and human intuition have demonstrated the possibility of self-assembling complex lattices or finite-size constructs. However, attempts so far have mostly only been successful in silico and often fail in experiment because of unpredicted traps associated with kinetic slowing down (gelation, glass transition) and competing ordered structures. Theoretical predictions also face the difficulty of encoding the desired interparticle interaction potential with the experimentally available nano- and micrometer-sized particles. To overcome these issues, we combine SAT assembly (a patchy-particle interaction design algorithm based on constrained optimization) with coarse-grained simulations of DNA nanotechnology to experimentally realize trap-free self-assembly pathways. We use this approach to assemble a pyrochlore three-dimensional lattice, coveted for its promise in the construction of optical metamaterials, and characterize it with small-angle x-ray scattering and scanning electron microscopy visualization.
2024
DNA nanotechnology; self-assembly; microscopic structures
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Inverse design of a pyrochlore lattice of DNA origami through model-driven experiments / Liu, Hao; Matthies, Michael; Russo, John; Rovigatti, Lorenzo; Narayanan, Raghu Pradeep; Diep, Thong; Mckeen, Daniel; Gang, Oleg; Stephanopoulos, Nicholas; Sciortino, Francesco; Yan, Hao; Romano, Flavio; Šulc, Petr. - In: SCIENCE. - ISSN 0036-8075. - 384:6697(2024), pp. 776-781. [10.1126/science.adl5549]
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