In the dissertation I describe the design of a chemical reaction cycle that can drive the dissipative assembly of gold and iron oxide nanoparticles. With this system, we found surprising new behavior that could be rationalized once we understood the boundary conditions of the energy landscape. The newly developed chemical reaction cycle was used to drive the self-assembly of silicon nanoparticles. The focus of this work is the spatio temporal control of the material and its properties, which can yield a potential application as a drug delivery platform. Additionally, another application of the silicon nanocrystals is described. Here, the intrinsic photoluminescent nanoparticles detect aromatic compounds. After a concluding chapter, a list of publications and a reprint of a book chapter on supramolecular biomaterials is given, which completes this thesis.
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In the dissertation I describe the design of a chemical reaction cycle that can drive the dissipative assembly of gold and iron oxide nanoparticles. With this system, we found surprising new behavior that could be rationalized once we understood the boundary conditions of the energy landscape. The newly developed chemical reaction cycle was used to drive the self-assembly of silicon nanoparticles. The focus of this work is the spatio temporal control of the material and its properties, which can...
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