High-entropy alloy nanopatterns by prescribed metallization of DNA origami templates

  • Mo Xie
  • , Weina Fang
  • , Zhibei Qu
  • , Yang Hu
  • , Yichi Zhang
  • , Jie Chao
  • , Jiye Shi
  • , Lihua Wang
  • , Lianhui Wang
  • , Yang Tian
  • , Chunhai Fan*
  • , Huajie Liu*
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

High-entropy multimetallic nanopatterns with controlled morphology, composition and uniformity hold great potential for developing nanoelectronics, nanophotonics and catalysis. Nevertheless, the lack of general methods for patterning multiple metals poses a limit. Here, we develop a DNA origami-based metallization reaction system to prescribe multimetallic nanopatterns with peroxidase-like activities. We find that strong coordination between metal elements and DNA bases enables the accumulation of metal ions on protruding clustered DNA (pcDNA) that are prescribed on DNA origami. As a result of the condensation of pcDNA, these sites can serve as nucleation site for metal plating. We have synthesized multimetallic nanopatterns composed of up to five metal elements (Co, Pd, Pt, Ag and Ni), and obtained insights on elemental uniformity control at the nanoscale. This method provides an alternative pathway to construct a library of multimetallic nanopatterns.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1745
JournalNature Communications
Volume14
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2023

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