title: Design principles for nonequilibrium self-assembly.
abstract: We consider an important class of self-assembly problems, and using the formalism of stochastic thermodynamics, we derive a set of design principles for growing controlled assemblies far from equilibrium. The design principles constrain the set of configurations that can be obtained under nonequilibrium conditions. Our central result provides intuition for how equilibrium self-assembly landscapes are modified under finite nonequilibrium drive.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637.|The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637; svaikunt@uchicago.edu.|The James Franck Institute, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60637.
authors.forename: Suriyanarayanan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vaikuntanathan
keywords: nonequilibrium self-assembly; pattern formation; second law of thermodynamics; self-assembly; stochastic thermodynamics