Clathrate colloidal crystals
Abstract
Clathrates contain extended pore structures that can trap other molecules. Lin et al. created colloidal analogs of clathrates in which bipyramidal gold nanoparticles functionalized with DNA molecules assembled into polyhedral clusters to create open-pore structures (see the Perspective by Samanta and Klajn). These clathrate colloidal crystals exhibit extraordinary structural complexity and substantially broaden both the scope and the possibilities provided by DNA-inspired methodologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Mar 03, 2017
- Source ID
- 10.1126/science.aal3919
Entities
People
- Chad Mirkin
- Haixin Lin
- Lin Sun
- Matthew Spellings
- Michael Engel
- Sangmin Lee
- Sharon Glotzer
Organizations
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research
- China Scholarship Council
- Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
- National Science Foundation
- Northwestern University
- United States Department of Energy
- University of Michigan