@article{b853e3a3089643a9a7a5cabcab782fa7,
title = "Materials Science: Transmutable nanoparticles with reconfigurable surface ligands",
abstract = "Unlike conventional inorganic materials, biological systems are exquisitely adapted to respond to their surroundings. Proteins and other biological molecules can process a complex set of chemical binding events as informational inputs and respond accordingly via a change in structure and function.We applied this principle to the design and synthesis of inorganic materials by preparing nanoparticles with reconfigurable surface ligands, where interparticle bonding can be programmed in response to specific chemical cues in a dynamic manner. As a result, a nascent set of {"}transmutable nanoparticles{"} can be driven to crystallize along multiple thermodynamic trajectories, resulting in rational control over the phase and time evolution of nanoparticle-based matter.",
author = "Youngeun Kim and Macfarlane, {Robert J.} and Jones, {Matthew R.} and Mirkin, {Chad A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This material is based on work supported by Air Force Office of Scientific Research award FA9550-11-1-0275 (C.A.M., Y.K., R.J.M., M.R.J.) and by the Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science (CBES), an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences under award DE-SC0000989-0002 (C.A.M., Y.K.). Y.K., R.J.M., and M.R.J. acknowledge the Ryan Fellowship at Northwestern University. M.R.J. acknowledges the NSF for a graduate research fellowship. Portions of this work were carried out at the DuPont-Northwestern-Dow Collaborative Access Team (DND-CAT) beamline located at Sector 5 of the Advanced Photon Source. DND-CAT is supported by E. I. DuPont de Nemours & Co., Dow Chemical Company, and the state of Illinois.",
year = "2016",
month = feb,
day = "5",
doi = "10.1126/science.aad2212",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "351",
pages = "579--582",
journal = "Science",
issn = "0036-8075",
publisher = "American Association for the Advancement of Science",
number = "6273",
}