Liu Xiaoyu, Zhang Yunhan, Hua Wenqiang, Wang Yun, Ni Dian, Tian Jie, Yao Dongbao, Deng Zhaoxiang
Hefei National Research Center for Physical Sciences at the Microscale, Center for Bioanalytical Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China,Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, Anhui Provincial Engineering Laboratory of Advanced Functional Polymer Film, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
JACS Au. 2025 Jul 19;5(8):4055-4063. doi: 10.1021/jacsau.5c00687. eCollection 2025 Aug 25.
DNA-directed "bonding" of nanoparticle "atoms" has led to highly ordered 3D superlattices of nanomaterial units with programmable crystalline orders. However, it remains a great challenge for the system to avoid being trapped in disordered metastable states toward long-range-ordered nanoparticle arrays. In this work, we present a pH-responsive, enthalpy-mediated strategy to address this dilemma by incorporating a CG-C triplex DNA structure into a strand-displacement circuit that programs the catalytic assembly of DNA-grafted gold nanoparticles. The integration of such a pH-responsive DNA motif allows for precise regulation of noncovalent bonding interactions between DNA-conjugated nanoparticles over a long time span at room temperature, helping the system to escape from disordered intermediate states. On the basis of this strategy, both catalytic-assembly kinetics and the quality of nanoparticle superlattices are easily tunable by solution pH and catassembler concentration. High-quality face-centered cubic superlattices and microsized rhombic dodecahedral single crystals with a body-centered cubic structure are then achieved in acidic media supplemented with a low concentration of catassembler. The present work is highly promising toward the isothermal growth of high-quality, uniform supercrystals with diverse lattice symmetries and dynamic functions.
纳米颗粒“原子”的DNA定向“键合”已导致具有可编程晶体有序性的纳米材料单元的高度有序三维超晶格。然而,对于该系统而言,避免陷入无序亚稳态而形成长程有序纳米颗粒阵列仍然是一个巨大的挑战。在这项工作中,我们提出了一种pH响应、焓介导的策略来解决这一困境,即将CG-C三链体DNA结构整合到一个链置换电路中,该电路可对DNA接枝金纳米颗粒的催化组装进行编程。这种pH响应性DNA基序的整合允许在室温下长时间精确调节DNA共轭纳米颗粒之间的非共价键相互作用,帮助系统摆脱无序中间态。基于此策略,催化组装动力学和纳米颗粒超晶格的质量都可以通过溶液pH值和催化组装剂浓度轻松调节。然后,在添加低浓度催化组装剂的酸性介质中获得了高质量的面心立方超晶格和具有体心立方结构的微米级菱形十二面体单晶。本工作对于等温生长具有多种晶格对称性和动态功能的高质量、均匀超晶体极具前景。
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