Programming Nanoscale Systems: From Designed Architectures to Prescribed Processes

The ability to organize functional nanoscale components into the targeted static and dynamic architectures promises to enable a broad range of nanotechnological applications, from new classes of engineered biomaterials to photonic devices and to bioreactors. However, we are currently lacking a broadly applicable methodology for the 3D bottom-up formation of nanostructures with ability to prescribe their architecture, to integrate different types of nanocomponents and to control their reconfiguration behavior. I discuss our progress in establishing a versatile self-assembly platform for the fabrication of designed large-scale and finite-size nano-architectures from diverse inorganic and biomolecular nanocomponents through the DNA-programmable assembly. The recent advances in creating periodic and hierarchical organizations will be shown. The progress in ability to prescribe a dynamic behavior, such as a reconfiguration between different architectures will be also discussed. Finally, the use of the developed assembly approaches for generating functional nanomaterials with nano-optical, electrical, mechanical, and biochemical functions will be demonstrated. Link to join the YouTube live stream: https://youtu.be/MA6wZjmieLg