MD Simulations of DNA-Programmable Nanoparticle Self-Assembly

ORAL

Abstract

Self-assembly through linker mediated hybridization is a powerful technique to control self-assembly at the nanoscale. Recent experiments with complementary ssDNA attached to Au nanoparticles have shown crystallization into BCC and FCC crystals. We give a brief overview of a coarse grained model and present molecular dynamics simulations of the model. We discuss its static and dynamical properties.

*This work has been supported by the DOE through Ames lab under Contract DE-AC02-07CH11358.

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Authors

  • Christopher Knorowski

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA

  • Alex Travesset

    • Department of Physics and Astronomy and Ames Laboratory, Iowa State University, Ames, IA
    • Ames Laboratory, and Department of Physics, Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa 50011
    • Iowa State University and Ames lab