journal article·2022-04-22

Precise Self-assembly of Janus Pyramid Heteroclusters into Core-Corona Nanodots and Nanodot Supracrystals: Implications for the Construction of Virus-like Particles and Nanomaterials

Xiao-Jing Wang, Cuiling Hou, Cheng-Bin Yu, Ziyang Xu, Yiwen Li, Qiang Tian, Nan Xia, Na Li, Li-Tang Yan, Wei Wang

ACS Applied Nano Materials· Volume 5· Issue 4
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Abstract

Clusters have an atomically precise structure and possess functions significantly different from those of atoms, nanocrystals, and bulk solids. Here, we report a strategy of fabricating cluster nanodots and nanodot supracrystals based on the self-assembly principle of lipids. Firstly, we synthesized a pyramid Janus heterocluster consisting of two types of clusters [polyoxometalate (POM) and polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane (POSS)] covalently linked by a dendritic linker. Subsequently, the heterocluster self-assembled into core-corona nanodots in which individual POSS clusters distribute on the surface of a POM core in the POSS-preferred solvent. The nanodots further self-assembled into nanodot supracrystals as the solvent gradually evaporated. Reconstruction of the structural characteristics of the supracrystals by coarse-grained molecular simulations confirmed this two-step self-assembly process. Mathematical analysis indicated that solvation promotes the discontinuous distribution of individual POSS clusters on the surface of the POM cores. The results of this work will open up prospects for the preparation of artificial virus-like nanodots and highly ordered cluster-assembled nanomaterials for advanced applications.
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OpenAlex topics: Polyoxometalates: Synthesis and Applications · Nanocluster Synthesis and Applications · Advanced Nanomaterials in Catalysis

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Affiliations

Centre for Synthetic Soft Materials, Key Laboratory of Functional Polymer Materials of Ministry of Education and Institute of Polymer Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin300071, China

Key Laboratory of Advanced Materials (MOE), Department of Chemical Engineering, Tsinghua University, Beijing100084, China

National Facility for Protein Science in Shanghai, Zhangjiang Laboratory, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), No.333, Haike Road, Shanghai201210, China

State Key Laboratory of Environment-Friendly Energy Materials, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang621010, China

Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, CAS Centre for Excellence in Nanoscience, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei230031, China

Funding

Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences · National Natural Science Foundation of China

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