Designed self-assembly of programmable colloidal atom-electron equivalents
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| author | Xia, Xiuyang Peng, Yuhan Li, Ka Ki Ni, Ran |
| author_facet | Xia, Xiuyang Peng, Yuhan Li, Ka Ki Ni, Ran |
| contents | To unlock the potential for assembling complex colloidal "molecules", we investigate a minimal binary system of programmable colloidal atom-electron equivalents (PAE-EE), where electron equivalents (EEs) are multivalent linkers with two distinct types of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) ends complementary to those ssDNAs on binary programmable atom equivalents (PAEs). We derive a statistical mechanical framework for calculating the effective interaction between PAEs mediated by EEs with arbitrary valency, which quantitatively agrees with simulations that explicitly include EEs. Our analysis reveals an anomalous dependence of PAE-PAE interactions on the EE valency, showing that EE-mediated interactions converge at the large valency limit. Moreover, we identify an optimal EE valency that maximizes the interaction difference between targeted and non-targeted binding pairs of PAEs. These findings offer design principles for targeted self-assembly in PAE-EE systems. |
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| spellingShingle | Designed self-assembly of programmable colloidal atom-electron equivalents Xia, Xiuyang Peng, Yuhan Li, Ka Ki Ni, Ran Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Computational Physics To unlock the potential for assembling complex colloidal "molecules", we investigate a minimal binary system of programmable colloidal atom-electron equivalents (PAE-EE), where electron equivalents (EEs) are multivalent linkers with two distinct types of single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) ends complementary to those ssDNAs on binary programmable atom equivalents (PAEs). We derive a statistical mechanical framework for calculating the effective interaction between PAEs mediated by EEs with arbitrary valency, which quantitatively agrees with simulations that explicitly include EEs. Our analysis reveals an anomalous dependence of PAE-PAE interactions on the EE valency, showing that EE-mediated interactions converge at the large valency limit. Moreover, we identify an optimal EE valency that maximizes the interaction difference between targeted and non-targeted binding pairs of PAEs. These findings offer design principles for targeted self-assembly in PAE-EE systems. |
| title | Designed self-assembly of programmable colloidal atom-electron equivalents |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Computational Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23784 |