title: Progress Report on the Generation of Polyfunctional Microscale Particles for Programmed Self-Assembly.
abstract: A process for 3D programmed self-assembly of lithographically printable microscale polymer particles using ssDNA hybridization as the associative force is described. We report our progress in establishing the unit processes required for 3D programmed self-assembly and demonstrate the successful fabrication and sequence-specific self-assembly of covalent ssDNA-functionalized parallelepipeds with dimensions in the sub 10 μm regime characterized by optical microscopy and imaging flow cytometry. This technology has the potential to produce parallelepiped particles with different ssDNA on each facet.
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Ryan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Deschner
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Tang
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Allen
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Cecilia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hall
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Rocco
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hlis
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: Andrew
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ellington
authors.affiliation: Chemical Engineering Department, Institute for Cellular and Molecular Biology, and Chemistry and Biochemistry Department, The University of Texas at Austin , Austin, Texas 78712, United States.
authors.forename: C Grant
authors.initials: CG
authors.lastname: Willson