Chad Mirkin, "Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA" | KNI Distinguished Seminar

On November 1, 2021, Professor Chad Mirkin (Northwestern University) presented the KNI Distinguished Seminar on "Colloidal Crystal Engineering with DNA: Repurposing the Blueprint for Life".
Mirkin discusses how DNA and other nucleic acids can be used as highly programmable surface ligands ("bonds") to control the spacing and symmetry of nanoparticle building blocks ("atoms") in structurally sophisticated materials, analogous to a genetic code for materials assembly. The sequence and length tunability of nucleic acid bonds has allowed us to define a powerful set of design rules for the construction of nanoparticle superlattices with more than 70 unique lattice symmetries, spanning over one order of magnitude of interparticle distances, with several well-defined crystal habits.
The KNI Distinguished Seminar Series is a series hosted by The Kavli Nanoscience Institute where eminent scientists and thinkers with strong yet varied backgrounds in nanoscience and nanotechnology share their expertise with the Caltech community. The scopes of presentations may range from: recent outstanding scientific highlights/technological advancements, to innovative early-stage research developments, to broader cross-disciplinary topics that are relevant to nanoscience. Each seminar is recorded and posted to the KNI KZbin channel.

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