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\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-1}{\ignorespaces Cartoon of the polymerization of nanoparticle monomers into a chain.}}{32}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-2}{\ignorespaces TEM images of chains of gold nanoparticles. (A) Nanoparticles activated with MUA and 1,7-diaminoheptane (B) 16-aminohexadecane-1-thiol pole functionalized nanoparticles with 1,6,-diisocyanatohexanol (C) Nanoparticles activated half with a single strand of DNA and half with the complementary strand of DNA. Scale bars- 20 nm.}}{33}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-3}{\ignorespaces A typical TEM micrograph before and after image analysis via the Chaincount program. The blue dots represent clusters, the green dots represent single particles, and the red dots represent chains with blue lines indicating found connections between particles.}}{34}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-4}{\ignorespaces The number of particles contained in chains of varying lengths for a typical sample analyzed with Chaincount. This shows a roughly exponential decay.}}{35}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-5}{\ignorespaces Cartoon of triangle formation. By matching half of each thiolated DNA strand to half of each of the other two DNA strands in an appropriate sequence, a triangle is formed.}}{36}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-6}{\ignorespaces TEM micrographs which suggest nanoparticles activated to form triangles are self-assembling into vast triangular arrays. No scale bar is available due to TEM malfunction, but they are on the order of a micron across and would be composed of 5 nm particles.}}{37}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-7}{\ignorespaces TEM micrograph of many super-crystalline triangles. These triangles all show a lighter (less dense) spot inside the larger triangle. This is reminiscent of a Sierpinski Triangle.}}{38}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-8}{\ignorespaces TEM micrograph of more recently formed super-crystals of nanoparticles. This shows less fidelity, and the high polydispersity of the nanoparticles is apparant under inspection of high resolution images.}}{39}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-9}{\ignorespaces TEM micrograph of more recently formed super-crystals of nanoparticles. This shows better fidelity than the previous figure, although the polydispersity is even more obvious.}}{40}
\contentsline {figure}{\numberline {A-10}{\ignorespaces Micrographs of assemblies of nanomaterials. (A) TEM micrograph of a chain of alternating 50 nm gold particles activated with MUA and 20 nm silver particles activated with amine groups. (B) TEM micrograph of triangles of gold nanoparticles obtained by mixing three solutions containing nanoparticles pole functionalized with 1 of 3 different single stranded DNA molecules designed for form a triangular scaffold. (C) AFM image of rings of MUA functionalized gold nanoparticles linked using Ni$^{2+}$ ions. Scale bar- 200 nm. (D) TEM micrograph of a chain of gold nanorods. The poles were functionalized with MUA and linked with 1, 7-diaminoheptane. (A, B, and D) - Scale bars, 20 nm.}}{41}