Diamond-lattice photonic crystals assembled from DNA origami

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Main Authors: Posnjak, Gregor, Yin, Xin, Butler, Paul, Bienek, Oliver, Dass, Mihir, Sharp, Ian D., Liedl, Tim
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Published: 2023
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author Posnjak, Gregor
Yin, Xin
Butler, Paul
Bienek, Oliver
Dass, Mihir
Sharp, Ian D.
Liedl, Tim
author_facet Posnjak, Gregor
Yin, Xin
Butler, Paul
Bienek, Oliver
Dass, Mihir
Sharp, Ian D.
Liedl, Tim
contents Colloidal self-assembly allows rational design of structures on the micrometer and submicrometer scale. One architecture that can generate complete 3D photonic band gaps is the diamond cubic lattice, which has remained difficult to realize at length scales comparable to the wavelength of visible or ultraviolet light. Here, we demonstrate three-dimensional photonic crystals self-assembled from DNA origami that act as precisely programmable patchy colloids. Our DNA-based nanoscale tetrapods crystallize into a rod-connected diamond cubic lattice with a periodicity of 170 nm. This structure serves as a scaffold for atomic layer deposition of high refractive index materials such as TiO$_2$, yielding a tunable photonic band gap in the near-ultraviolet.
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spellingShingle Diamond-lattice photonic crystals assembled from DNA origami
Posnjak, Gregor
Yin, Xin
Butler, Paul
Bienek, Oliver
Dass, Mihir
Sharp, Ian D.
Liedl, Tim
Applied Physics
Biological Physics
Optics
Colloidal self-assembly allows rational design of structures on the micrometer and submicrometer scale. One architecture that can generate complete 3D photonic band gaps is the diamond cubic lattice, which has remained difficult to realize at length scales comparable to the wavelength of visible or ultraviolet light. Here, we demonstrate three-dimensional photonic crystals self-assembled from DNA origami that act as precisely programmable patchy colloids. Our DNA-based nanoscale tetrapods crystallize into a rod-connected diamond cubic lattice with a periodicity of 170 nm. This structure serves as a scaffold for atomic layer deposition of high refractive index materials such as TiO$_2$, yielding a tunable photonic band gap in the near-ultraviolet.
title Diamond-lattice photonic crystals assembled from DNA origami
topic Applied Physics
Biological Physics
Optics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.10884