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20142026
most citedEconomical routes to size-specific assembly of self-closing structures

24 citations · 64 across the 11 of their papers we have counts for

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11 papers

cond-mat.soft2026

ARTGEL: A temperature-regulated electrophoresis platform for quantitative studies of reversible association in gels

Rupam Saha, Seth Fraden

Here we present ARTGEL, an actively regulated-temperature gel electrophoresis platform designed for long-duration experiments under independently controlled thermal and electrical…

cond-mat.soft2025

From toroids to helical tubules: Kirigami-inspired programmable assembly of two-periodic curved crystals

Mason Price, Daichi Hayakawa, Thomas E. Videbæk +6

Biology is full of intricate molecular structures whose geometries are inextricably linked to their function. Many of these structures exhibit varying curvature, such as the helica…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Modular programming of interaction and geometric specificity enables assembly of complex DNA origami nanostructures

Rupam Saha, Daichi Hayakawa, Thomas E. Videbaek +8

We present a modular DNA origami design approach to address the challenges of assembling geometrically complex nanoscale structures, including those with nonuniform Gaussian curvat…

cond-mat.soft2025★ 1 cited

Measuring multisubunit mechanics of geometrically-programmed colloidal assemblies via cryo-EM multi-body refinement

Thomas E. Videbæk, Daichi Hayakawa, Michael F. Hagan +3

Programmable self-assembly has recently enabled the creation of complex structures through precise control of the interparticle interactions and the particle geometries. Targeting…

cond-mat.soft2024

Economical and versatile subunit design principles for self-assembled DNA origami structures

Wei-Shao Wei, Thomas E. Videbæk, Daichi Hayakawa +3

Self-assembly of nanoscale synthetic subunits is a promising bottom-up strategy for fabrication of functional materials. Here, we introduce a design principle for DNA origami nanop…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 6 cited

Closed-loop control of active nematic flows

Katsu Nishiyama, John Berezney, Michael M. Norton +5

Living things enact control of non-equilibrium, dynamical structures through complex biochemical networks, accomplishing spatiotemporally-orchestrated physiological tasks such as c…

cond-mat.soft2024★ 2 cited

Active assembly and non-reciprocal dynamics of elastic membranes

John Berezney, Sattvic Ray, Itamar Kolvin +6

Equilibrium self-assembly and conventional materials processing techniques fall far short of mimicking dynamic self-actuating processes that are commonplace throughout biology. To…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 24 cited

Economical routes to size-specific assembly of self-closing structures

Thomas E. Videbæk, Daichi Hayakawa, Gregory M. Grason +3

Self-assembly is one of the prevalent strategies used by living systems to fabricate ensembles of precision nanometer-scale structures and devices. The push for analogous approache…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 17 cited

Hierarchical assembly is more robust than egalitarian assembly in synthetic capsids

Wei-Shao Wei, Anthony Trubiano, Christian Sigl +4

Self-assembly of complex and functional materials remains a grand challenge in soft material science. Efficient assembly depends on a delicate balance between thermodynamic and kin…

cond-mat.soft2023★ 1 cited

A Machine Learning Approach to Robustly Determine Director Fields and Analyze Defects in Active Nematics

Yunrui Li, Zahra Zarei, Phu N. Tran +5

Active nematics are dense systems of rodlike particles that consume energy to drive motion at the level of the individual particles. They exist in natural systems like biological t…

cond-mat.soft2014★ 12 cited

DNA driven self-assembly of micron-sized rods using DNA-grafted bacteriophage fd virions

R. R. Unwin, R. A. Cabanas, T. Yanagishima +6

We have functionalized the sides of fd bacteriophage virions with oligonucleotides to induce DNA hybridization driven self-assembly of high aspect ratio filamentous particles. Pote…