Next-generation structural materials are expected to be lightweight, high-strength and tough
composites with embedded functionalities to sense, adapt, self-repair, morph and restore …

Colloidal self-assembly refers to a solution-processed assembly of nanometer-/micrometer-
sized, well-dispersed particles into secondary structures, whose collective properties are …

Plasmonic gap nanostructures (PGNs) have been extensively investigated mainly because
of their strongly enhanced optical responses, which stem from the high intensity of the …

The conception, synthesis, and invention of a nanostructure, now known as the spherical
nucleic acid, or SNA, in 1996 marked the advent of a new field of chemistry. Over the past …

Colloidal crystal engineering with DNA has led to significant advances in bottom‐up
materials synthesis and a new way of thinking about fundamental concepts in chemistry …

Constructing adaptable and switchable crystal structures renders it possible to dynamically
control the properties and functions of adaptive materials, thereby expanding the potential …

Electrostatic interaction and molecular excluded-volume effects are responsible for a
plethora of nonintuitive phenomena in soft-matter systems, including local charge inversion …

We report a strategy to accelerate the synthesis and increase the crystallinity of colloidal
crystals (CCs) engineered with DNA. Specifically, by holding the DNA-modified Au particle …

Mechanical metamaterials, whose unique mechanical properties stem from their structural
design rather than material constituents, are gaining popularity in engineering applications …

Inspired by the conventional use of ethanol to induce DNA precipitation, ethanol
condensation has been applied as a routine method to dynamically tune “bond” lengths (ie …