Spontaneous organization of supracolloids into three-dimensional structured materials

Mohammad Amin Moradi; E. Deniz Eren; Massimiliano Chiappini; Sebastian Rzadkiewicz; Maurits Goudzwaard; Mark M.J. van Rijt; Arthur D.A. Keizer; Alexander F. Routh; Marjolein Dijkstra; Gijsbertus de With; Nico Sommerdijk; Heiner Friedrich; Joseph P. Patterson

doi:10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5

Spontaneous organization of supracolloids into three-dimensional structured materials

Mohammad Amin Moradi, E. Deniz Eren, Massimiliano Chiappini, Sebastian Rzadkiewicz, Maurits Goudzwaard, Mark M.J. van Rijt, Arthur D.A. Keizer, Alexander F. Routh, Marjolein Dijkstra, Gijsbertus de With, Nico Sommerdijk^*, Heiner Friedrich, Joseph P. Patterson

^*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Academic › peer-review

Abstract

Periodic nano- or microscale structures are used to control light, energy and mass transportation. Colloidal organization is the most versatile method used to control nano- and microscale order, and employs either the enthalpy-driven self-assembly of particles at a low concentration or the entropy-driven packing of particles at a high concentration. Nonetheless, it cannot yet provide the spontaneous three-dimensional organization of multicomponent particles at a high concentration. Here we combined these two concepts into a single strategy to achieve hierarchical multicomponent materials. We tuned the electrostatic attraction between polymer and silica nanoparticles to create dynamic supracolloids whose components, on drying, reorganize by entropy into three-dimensional structured materials. Cryogenic electron tomography reveals the kinetic pathways, whereas Monte Carlo simulations combined with a kinetic model provide design rules to form the supracolloids and control the kinetic pathways. This approach may be useful to fabricate hierarchical hybrid materials for distinct technological applications.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	541-547
Number of pages	7
Journal	Nature Materials
Volume	20
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5
Publication status	Published - Apr 2021

Bibliographical note

Funding Information:
We thank I. Schreur-Piet (Eindhoven University of Technology) for her help with the FIB/SEM TEM lamella sample preparation and P. Bomans (Eindhoven University of Technology) for his support with the CryoTEM. E.D.E. and M.C. were supported by the EU H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action project ‘MULTIMAT’. J.P.P. and M.-A.M. were supported by the 4TU High-Tech Materials research programme ‘New Horizons in Designer Materials’.

Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

Funding

We thank I. Schreur-Piet (Eindhoven University of Technology) for her help with the FIB/SEM TEM lamella sample preparation and P. Bomans (Eindhoven University of Technology) for his support with the CryoTEM. E.D.E. and M.C. were supported by the EU H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action project ‘MULTIMAT’. J.P.P. and M.-A.M. were supported by the 4TU High-Tech Materials research programme ‘New Horizons in Designer Materials’.

Access to Document

10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5

s41563-020-00900-5Final published version, 2.94 MBLicence: Taverne

Cite this

Moradi, M. A., Eren, E. D., Chiappini, M., Rzadkiewicz, S., Goudzwaard, M., van Rijt, M. M. J., Keizer, A. D. A., Routh, A. F., Dijkstra, M., de With, G., Sommerdijk, N., Friedrich, H., & Patterson, J. P. (2021). Spontaneous organization of supracolloids into three-dimensional structured materials. Nature Materials, 20(4), 541-547. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5

@article{0779dc6eb8e74499ac5b72f28245e41a,

title = "Spontaneous organization of supracolloids into three-dimensional structured materials",

abstract = "Periodic nano- or microscale structures are used to control light, energy and mass transportation. Colloidal organization is the most versatile method used to control nano- and microscale order, and employs either the enthalpy-driven self-assembly of particles at a low concentration or the entropy-driven packing of particles at a high concentration. Nonetheless, it cannot yet provide the spontaneous three-dimensional organization of multicomponent particles at a high concentration. Here we combined these two concepts into a single strategy to achieve hierarchical multicomponent materials. We tuned the electrostatic attraction between polymer and silica nanoparticles to create dynamic supracolloids whose components, on drying, reorganize by entropy into three-dimensional structured materials. Cryogenic electron tomography reveals the kinetic pathways, whereas Monte Carlo simulations combined with a kinetic model provide design rules to form the supracolloids and control the kinetic pathways. This approach may be useful to fabricate hierarchical hybrid materials for distinct technological applications.",

author = "Moradi, {Mohammad Amin} and Eren, {E. Deniz} and Massimiliano Chiappini and Sebastian Rzadkiewicz and Maurits Goudzwaard and {van Rijt}, {Mark M.J.} and Keizer, {Arthur D.A.} and Routh, {Alexander F.} and Marjolein Dijkstra and {de With}, Gijsbertus and Nico Sommerdijk and Heiner Friedrich and Patterson, {Joseph P.}",

note = "Funding Information: We thank I. Schreur-Piet (Eindhoven University of Technology) for her help with the FIB/SEM TEM lamella sample preparation and P. Bomans (Eindhoven University of Technology) for his support with the CryoTEM. E.D.E. and M.C. were supported by the EU H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action project {\textquoteleft}MULTIMAT{\textquoteright}. J.P.P. and M.-A.M. were supported by the 4TU High-Tech Materials research programme {\textquoteleft}New Horizons in Designer Materials{\textquoteright}. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.",

year = "2021",

month = apr,

doi = "10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5",

language = "English",

volume = "20",

pages = "541--547",

journal = "Nature Materials",

issn = "1476-1122",

publisher = "Nature Publishing Group",

number = "4",

}

TY - JOUR

T1 - Spontaneous organization of supracolloids into three-dimensional structured materials

AU - Moradi, Mohammad Amin

AU - Eren, E. Deniz

AU - Chiappini, Massimiliano

AU - Rzadkiewicz, Sebastian

AU - Goudzwaard, Maurits

AU - van Rijt, Mark M.J.

AU - Keizer, Arthur D.A.

AU - Routh, Alexander F.

AU - Dijkstra, Marjolein

AU - de With, Gijsbertus

AU - Sommerdijk, Nico

AU - Friedrich, Heiner

AU - Patterson, Joseph P.

N1 - Funding Information: We thank I. Schreur-Piet (Eindhoven University of Technology) for her help with the FIB/SEM TEM lamella sample preparation and P. Bomans (Eindhoven University of Technology) for his support with the CryoTEM. E.D.E. and M.C. were supported by the EU H2020 Marie Sklodowska-Curie Action project ‘MULTIMAT’. J.P.P. and M.-A.M. were supported by the 4TU High-Tech Materials research programme ‘New Horizons in Designer Materials’. Publisher Copyright: © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Limited.

PY - 2021/4

Y1 - 2021/4

N2 - Periodic nano- or microscale structures are used to control light, energy and mass transportation. Colloidal organization is the most versatile method used to control nano- and microscale order, and employs either the enthalpy-driven self-assembly of particles at a low concentration or the entropy-driven packing of particles at a high concentration. Nonetheless, it cannot yet provide the spontaneous three-dimensional organization of multicomponent particles at a high concentration. Here we combined these two concepts into a single strategy to achieve hierarchical multicomponent materials. We tuned the electrostatic attraction between polymer and silica nanoparticles to create dynamic supracolloids whose components, on drying, reorganize by entropy into three-dimensional structured materials. Cryogenic electron tomography reveals the kinetic pathways, whereas Monte Carlo simulations combined with a kinetic model provide design rules to form the supracolloids and control the kinetic pathways. This approach may be useful to fabricate hierarchical hybrid materials for distinct technological applications.

AB - Periodic nano- or microscale structures are used to control light, energy and mass transportation. Colloidal organization is the most versatile method used to control nano- and microscale order, and employs either the enthalpy-driven self-assembly of particles at a low concentration or the entropy-driven packing of particles at a high concentration. Nonetheless, it cannot yet provide the spontaneous three-dimensional organization of multicomponent particles at a high concentration. Here we combined these two concepts into a single strategy to achieve hierarchical multicomponent materials. We tuned the electrostatic attraction between polymer and silica nanoparticles to create dynamic supracolloids whose components, on drying, reorganize by entropy into three-dimensional structured materials. Cryogenic electron tomography reveals the kinetic pathways, whereas Monte Carlo simulations combined with a kinetic model provide design rules to form the supracolloids and control the kinetic pathways. This approach may be useful to fabricate hierarchical hybrid materials for distinct technological applications.

UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85099948953&partnerID=8YFLogxK

U2 - 10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5

DO - 10.1038/s41563-020-00900-5

M3 - Article

C2 - 33510444

AN - SCOPUS:85099948953

SN - 1476-1122

VL - 20

SP - 541

EP - 547

JO - Nature Materials

JF - Nature Materials

IS - 4

ER -

Spontaneous organization of supracolloids into three-dimensional structured materials

Abstract

Bibliographical note

Funding

Access to Document

Other files and links

Fingerprint

Cite this