Kinetically limited valence of colloidal particles with surface mobile DNA linkers
- Author(s)
- Pedro A. Sánchez, Alessio Caciagli, Sofia Kantorovich, Erika Eiser
- Abstract
We characterize the self-assembly of colloidal particles with surface mobile DNA linkers under kinetically limited valence conditions. For this, we put forward a computer simulation model that captures the interplay between the main dynamic processes governing these systems and allows the simulation of the long time scales reached in experiments, predicting the final structures from a set of physical parameters mapped to experimental conditions. The model is validated by direct comparison with available experimental results, showing an overall good agreement that includes measurements of the average effective valence and its probability distribution as a function of the density of DNA linkers on the particles surface. We show that our simulation model is capable to not only reproduce the experimental structures but that it also provides dynamic information on the self-assembly process and shows how particle concentration and characteristic hybridization time influence the effective valence of the particles.
- Organisation(s)
- Computational and Soft Matter Physics, Research Platform MMM Mathematics-Magnetism-Materials
- External organisation(s)
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) , University of Cambridge
- Journal
- Journal of Molecular Liquids
- Volume
- 382
- No. of pages
- 11
- ISSN
- 0167-7322
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121895
- Publication date
- 07-2023
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Austrian Fields of Science 2012
- 103015 Condensed matter, 103006 Chemical physics, 103018 Materials physics
- ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials, Condensed Matter Physics, Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Spectroscopy, Physical and Theoretical Chemistry
- Portal url
- https://ucris.univie.ac.at/portal/en/publications/kinetically-limited-valence-of-colloidal-particles-with-surface-mobile-dna-linkers(4e5aaf3e-4731-4c8f-b823-6400e5efde6f).html