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.

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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