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== Schedule ==
  
== Schedule ==
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* TBD
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* 1st December, 2014 : Submit final draft of Conformational Switching paper to Marco
  
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* 1st November, 2014 : Finalise results and finish first draft of Conformational Switching paper
  
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== Todo ==
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* 15th October, 2014 : Finalise experiments
  
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* 1st October, 2014 : Finalise conformational switching component design
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* Finalise pendulum design
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* Run experiments
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* 18th September, 2014 : Return from PPSN
  
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== Experiments ==
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* Self-assembly experiment at different speeds:
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** Result: self-assembly time distribution for each speed; use in experiments speed with lowest average time to completion + 2 std. dev.
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* Test to verify role of seed:
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** Passive components, no seed
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** Passive components, AND seed
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=== Particulars of experiments (10 trials each) ===
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* Video recording of experiments, probably one frame every second (1 fps).
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* Self-assembly experiment at different speeds:
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** Run each experiment till self-assembly of one target structure
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*** All components are seeds
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*** Passive components, no seed
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*** Passive components, AND seed
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** Use different speeds starting from lowest speed (= when components start to move) and increment speed by 25 rpm till target structure breaks.
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* Assembly of one target structure (Data to be collected: number of individual components, number of compatible substructures, number of incompatible substructures, number of targets)
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** The results of the experiment where all the components are seeds and the experiment where there are passive components and a seed ''should have the same yield''
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** All components are seeds
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** Passive components, no seed
  +
** Passive components, AND seed
  +
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* Assembly of two target structures (Data to be collected: number of individual components, number of compatible substructures, number of incompatible substructures, number of targets)
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** When there are components (only seeds) enough to make more than one target structure, the incompatible substructure problem is observed
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** All components are seeds
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** Passive components, no seed
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** Passive components, AND seed
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* Results to show
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** Experiments for setting parameter (shaking speed)
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** Time evolution of self-assembly
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** Conformational switching eliminates incompatible structures
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** Scaling
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** Removing the acceleration rump-up phase
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** Plot of Gibbs free energy
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*** Gibbs free energy related to the number of available bonding sites.
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== Meeting minutes ==
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[[File:Meeting1.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Meeeting 1 whiteboard capture]]
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[[File:Meeting2.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Meeeting 2 whiteboard capture]]

Latest revision as of 15:36, 20 April 2016

Schedule

  • TBD

Todo

  • Finalise pendulum design
  • Run experiments

Experiments

  • Self-assembly experiment at different speeds:
    • Result: self-assembly time distribution for each speed; use in experiments speed with lowest average time to completion + 2 std. dev.
  • Test to verify role of seed:
    • Passive components, no seed
    • Passive components, AND seed

Particulars of experiments (10 trials each)

  • Video recording of experiments, probably one frame every second (1 fps).
  • Self-assembly experiment at different speeds:
    • Run each experiment till self-assembly of one target structure
      • All components are seeds
      • Passive components, no seed
      • Passive components, AND seed
    • Use different speeds starting from lowest speed (= when components start to move) and increment speed by 25 rpm till target structure breaks.
  • Assembly of one target structure (Data to be collected: number of individual components, number of compatible substructures, number of incompatible substructures, number of targets)
    • The results of the experiment where all the components are seeds and the experiment where there are passive components and a seed should have the same yield
    • All components are seeds
    • Passive components, no seed
    • Passive components, AND seed
  • Assembly of two target structures (Data to be collected: number of individual components, number of compatible substructures, number of incompatible substructures, number of targets)
    • When there are components (only seeds) enough to make more than one target structure, the incompatible substructure problem is observed
    • All components are seeds
    • Passive components, no seed
    • Passive components, AND seed
  • Results to show
    • Experiments for setting parameter (shaking speed)
    • Time evolution of self-assembly
    • Conformational switching eliminates incompatible structures
    • Scaling
    • Removing the acceleration rump-up phase
    • Plot of Gibbs free energy
      • Gibbs free energy related to the number of available bonding sites.

Meeting minutes

Meeeting 1 whiteboard capture
Meeeting 2 whiteboard capture
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