Top-down construction of systems approaching ideal steric order

Develop a top-down design methodology to construct model systems that approach ideal steric order via thermodynamic procedures, addressing the current lack of understanding of how to build sterically favored structures through such design.

Background

A core challenge in realizing INC is to parameterize frustrations against ideal steric order and optimize toward zero. While the paper uses pre-equilibration and particle-size optimization, the authors note that general top-down design routes to thermodynamically attain ideal steric order are not known.

Establishing a systematic design framework would enable controlled realization and experimental translation of INC.