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Zhou W, Li Y, Partridge BE, Mirkin CA. Engineering Anisotropy into Organized Nanoscale Matter. Chem Rev 2024; 124:11063-11107. [PMID: 39315621 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.4c00299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/25/2024]
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Programming the organization of discrete building blocks into periodic and quasi-periodic arrays is challenging. Methods for organizing materials are particularly important at the nanoscale, where the time required for organization processes is practically manageable in experiments, and the resulting structures are of interest for applications spanning catalysis, optics, and plasmonics. While the assembly of isotropic nanoscale objects has been extensively studied and described by empirical design rules, recent synthetic advances have allowed anisotropy to be programmed into macroscopic assemblies made from nanoscale building blocks, opening new opportunities to engineer periodic materials and even quasicrystals with unnatural properties. In this review, we define guidelines for leveraging anisotropy of individual building blocks to direct the organization of nanoscale matter. First, the nature and spatial distribution of local interactions are considered and three design rules that guide particle organization are derived. Subsequently, recent examples from the literature are examined in the context of these design rules. Within the discussion of each rule, we delineate the examples according to the dimensionality (0D-3D) of the building blocks. Finally, we use geometric considerations to propose a general inverse design-based construction strategy that will enable the engineering of colloidal crystals with unprecedented structural control.
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- Wenjie Zhou
- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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- International Institute for Nanotechnology, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, United States
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Wen H, Zhang H, Peng R, Liu C, Liu S, Liu F, Xie H, Liu Z. 3D Strain Measurement of Heterostructures Using the Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy Moiré Depth Sectioning Method. SMALL METHODS 2023; 7:e2300107. [PMID: 37300326 DOI: 10.1002/smtd.202300107] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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The mechanical properties of micro- and nanoscale materials directly determine the reliability of heterostructures, microstructures, and microdevices. Therefore, an accurate evaluation of the 3D strain field at the nanoscale is important. In this study, a scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) moiré depth sectioning method is proposed. By optimizing the scanning parameters of electron probes at different depths of the material, the sequence STEM moiré fringes (STEM-MFs) with a large field of view, which can be hundreds of nanometers obtained. Then, the 3D STEM moiré information constructed. To some extent, multi-scale 3D strain field measurements from nanometer to the submicrometer scale actualized. The 3D strain field near the heterostructure interface and single dislocation accurately measured by the developed method.
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- Huihui Wen
- School of Electrical Engineering, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Shijiazhuang, 050018, China
- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
- School of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- School of Technology, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- Key Laboratory of Semiconductor Materials Science, Institute of Semiconductors, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100083, China
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- AML, Department of Engineering Mechanics, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
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- School of Aerospace Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, 100081, China
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Yao L, An H, Zhou S, Kim A, Luijten E, Chen Q. Seeking regularity from irregularity: unveiling the synthesis-nanomorphology relationships of heterogeneous nanomaterials using unsupervised machine learning. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:16479-16489. [PMID: 36285804 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr03712b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Nanoscale morphology of functional materials determines their chemical and physical properties. However, despite increasing use of transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to directly image nanomorphology, it remains challenging to quantify the information embedded in TEM data sets, and to use nanomorphology to link synthesis and processing conditions to properties. We develop an automated, descriptor-free analysis workflow for TEM data that utilizes convolutional neural networks and unsupervised learning to quantify and classify nanomorphology, and thereby reveal synthesis-nanomorphology relationships in three different systems. While TEM records nanomorphology readily in two-dimensional (2D) images or three-dimensional (3D) tomograms, we advance the analysis of these images by identifying and applying a universal shape fingerprint function to characterize nanomorphology. After dimensionality reduction through principal component analysis, this function then serves as the input for morphology grouping through unsupervised learning. We demonstrate the wide applicability of our workflow to both 2D and 3D TEM data sets, and to both inorganic and organic nanomaterials, including tetrahedral gold nanoparticles mixed with irregularly shaped impurities, hybrid polymer-patched gold nanoprisms, and polyamide membranes with irregular and heterogeneous 3D crumple structures. In each of these systems, unsupervised nanomorphology grouping identifies both the diversity and the similarity of the nanomaterial across different synthesis conditions, revealing how synthetic parameters guide nanomorphology development. Our work opens possibilities for enhancing synthesis of nanomaterials through artificial intelligence and for understanding and controlling complex nanomorphology, both for 2D systems and in the far less explored case of 3D structures, such as those with embedded voids or hidden interfaces.
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- Lehan Yao
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- Department of Petrochemical Materials Engineering, Chonnam National University, Yeosu, 59631, Korea
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA.
- Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Materials Research Laboratory, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
- Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL 61801, USA
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Liu J, Huang J, Niu W, Tan C, Zhang H. Unconventional-Phase Crystalline Materials Constructed from Multiscale Building Blocks. Chem Rev 2021; 121:5830-5888. [PMID: 33797882 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.0c01047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Crystal phase, an intrinsic characteristic of crystalline materials, is one of the key parameters to determine their physicochemical properties. Recently, great progress has been made in the synthesis of nanomaterials with unconventional phases that are different from their thermodynamically stable bulk counterparts via various synthetic methods. A nanocrystalline material can also be viewed as an assembly of atoms with long-range order. When larger entities, such as nanoclusters, nanoparticles, and microparticles, are used as building blocks, supercrystalline materials with rich phases are obtained, some of which even have no analogues in the atomic and molecular crystals. The unconventional phases of nanocrystalline and supercrystalline materials endow them with distinctive properties as compared to their conventional counterparts. This Review highlights the state-of-the-art progress of nanocrystalline and supercrystalline materials with unconventional phases constructed from multiscale building blocks, including atoms, nanoclusters, spherical and anisotropic nanoparticles, and microparticles. Emerging strategies for engineering their crystal phases are introduced, with highlights on the governing parameters that are essential for the formation of unconventional phases. Phase-dependent properties and applications of nanocrystalline and supercrystalline materials are summarized. Finally, major challenges and opportunities in future research directions are proposed.
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- Jiawei Liu
- Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- Center for Programmable Materials, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, 50 Nanyang Avenue, Singapore 639798, Singapore
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- State Key Laboratory of Electroanalytical Chemistry, Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy Sciences, Changchun, Jilin 130022, P.R. China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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- Department of Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China.,Hong Kong Branch of National Precious Metals Material Engineering Research Center (NPMM), City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
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Deng K, Luo Z, Tan L, Quan Z. Self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles into functional superstructures. Chem Soc Rev 2020; 49:6002-6038. [PMID: 32692337 DOI: 10.1039/d0cs00541j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 119] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of their unique properties. This bottom-up strategy builds a bridge between the NP regime and a new class of transformative materials across multiple length scales for technological applications. In this field, anisotropic NPs with size- and shape-dependent physical properties as self-assembly building blocks have long fascinated scientists. Self-assembly of anisotropic NPs not only opens up exciting opportunities to engineer a variety of intriguing and complex superlattice architectures, but also provides access to discover emergent collective properties that stem from their ordered arrangement. Thus, this has stimulated enormous research interests in both fundamental science and technological applications. This present review comprehensively summarizes the latest advances in this area, and highlights their rich packing behaviors from the viewpoint of NP shape. We provide the basics of the experimental techniques to produce NP superstructures and structural characterization tools, and detail the delicate assembled structures. Then the current understanding of the assembly dynamics is discussed with the assistance of in situ studies, followed by emergent collective properties from these NP assemblies. Finally, we end this article with the remaining challenges and outlook, hoping to encourage further research in this field.
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- Kerong Deng
- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Ministry of Education, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Ministry of Education, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Ministry of Education, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, Academy for Advanced Interdisciplinary Studies, Key Laboratory of Energy Conversion and Storage Technologies, Ministry of Education, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech), Shenzhen, Guangdong 518055, China.
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Liu Y, Deng K, Yang J, Wu X, Fan X, Tang M, Quan Z. Shape-directed self-assembly of nanodumbbells into superstructure polymorphs. Chem Sci 2020; 11:4065-4073. [PMID: 34122872 PMCID: PMC8152806 DOI: 10.1039/d0sc00592d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2020] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles into ordered superstructures provides a promising route to create novel/enhanced functional materials. Much progress has been made in self-assembly of anisotropic nanoparticles, but the complexity and tunability of superstructures remain restricted by their available geometries. Here we report the controlled packing of nanodumbbells (NDs) with two spherical lobes connected by one rod-like middle bar into varied superstructure polymorphs. When assembled into two-dimensional (2D) monolayer assemblies, such NDs with specific shape parameters could form orientationally ordered degenerate crystals with a 6-fold symmetry, in which these NDs possess no translational order but three allowed orientations with a rotational symmetry of 120 degrees. Detailed analyses identify the distinct roles of subunits in the ND assembly: the spherical lobes direct NDs to closely assemble together into a hexagonal pattern, and the rod-like connection between the lobes endows NDs with this specific orientational order. Such intralayer assembly features are well maintained in the two-layer superstructures of NDs; however, the interlayer stackings could be adjusted to produce stable bilayer superstructures and a series of metastable moiré patterns. Moreover, in addition to horizontal alignment, these NDs could gradually stand up to form tilted or even vertical packing based on the delicate control over the liquid-liquid interface and ND dimensions. This study provides novel insights into creating superstructures by controlling geometric features of nanoscale building blocks and may spur their novel applications.
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- Yulian Liu
- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University Chongqing 400715 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest University Chongqing 400715 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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- Department of Chemistry, Shenzhen Engineering Research Center for Frontier Materials Synthesis at High Pressures, Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech) Shenzhen Guangdong 518055 China
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Sikdar D, Weir H, Kornyshev AA. Optical response of electro-tuneable 3D superstructures of plasmonic nanoparticles self-assembling on transparent columnar electrodes. OPTICS EXPRESS 2019; 27:26483-26498. [PMID: 31674529 DOI: 10.1364/oe.27.026483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/02/2019] [Accepted: 08/14/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Electrically tuneable, guided self-assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles (NPs) at polarized, patterned solid-liquid interfaces could enable numerous platforms for designing nanoplasmonic optical devices with new tuneable functionalities. Here, we propose a unique design of voltage-controlled guided 3D self-assembly of plasmonic NPs on transparent electrodes, patterned as columnar structures-arrays of vertical nanorods. NP assembly on the electrified surfaces of those columnar structures allows formation of a 3D superstructure of NPs, comprising stacking up of NPs in the voids between the columns, forming multiple NP-layers. A comprehensive theoretical model, based on quasi-static effective medium theory and multilayer Fresnel reflection scheme, is developed and verified against full-wave simulations for obtaining optical responses-reflectance, transmittance, and absorbance-from such systems of 3D self-assembled NPs. With a specific example of small gold nanospheres self-assembling on polarized zinc oxide columns, we show that the reflectance spectrum can be controlled by the number of stacked NP-layers. Numerical simulations show that peak reflectance can be enhanced up to ∼1.7 times, along with spectral broadening by a factor of ∼2-allowing wide-range tuning of optical reflectivity. Smaller NPs with superior mobility would be preferable over large NPs for realizing such devices for novel photonic and sensing applications.
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Bree G, Geaney H, Ryan KM. Electrophoretic Deposition of Tin Sulfide Nanocubes as High‐Performance Lithium‐Ion Battery Anodes. ChemElectroChem 2019. [DOI: 10.1002/celc.201900524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Gerard Bree
- Bernal InstituteUniversity of Limerick Limerick Ireland V94 T9PX
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- Bernal InstituteUniversity of Limerick Limerick Ireland V94 T9PX
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- Bernal InstituteUniversity of Limerick Limerick Ireland V94 T9PX
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Singh A, Singh A, Ong GK, Jones MR, Nordlund D, Bustillo K, Ciston J, Alivisatos AP, Milliron DJ. Dopant Mediated Assembly of Cu 2ZnSnS 4 Nanorods into Atomically Coupled 2D Sheets in Solution. NANO LETTERS 2017; 17:3421-3428. [PMID: 28485598 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b00232] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Assembly of anisotropic nanocrystals into ordered superstructures is an area of intense research interest due to its relevance to bring nanocrystal properties to macroscopic length scales and to impart additional collective properties owing to the superstructure. Numerous routes have been explored to assemble such nanocrystal superstructures ranging from self-directed to external field-directed methods. Most of the approaches require sensitive control of experimental parameters that are largely environmental and require extra processing steps, increasing complexity and limiting reproducibility. Here, we demonstrate a simple approach to assemble colloidal nanorods in situ, wherein dopant incorporation during the particle synthesis results in the formation of preassembled 2D sheets of close-packed ordered arrays of vertically oriented nanorods in solution.
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- Ajay Singh
- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource , P.O. Box 20450, Stanford, California 94309, United States
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- National Center for Electron Microscopy, Molecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , 1 Cyclotron Road, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Department of Chemistry, University of California-Berkeley , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Materials Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
- Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute , Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin , 200 East Dean Keeton Street, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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Hamon C, Sanz-Ortiz MN, Modin E, Hill EH, Scarabelli L, Chuvilin A, Liz-Marzán LM. Hierarchical organization and molecular diffusion in gold nanorod/silica supercrystal nanocomposites. NANOSCALE 2016; 8:7914-22. [PMID: 26961684 PMCID: PMC5317216 DOI: 10.1039/c6nr00712k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2016] [Accepted: 02/26/2016] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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Hierarchical organization of gold nanorods was previously obtained on a substrate, allowing precise control over the morphology of the assemblies and macroscale spatial arrangement. Herein, a thorough description of these gold nanorod assemblies and their orientation within supercrystals is presented together with a sol-gel technique to protect the supercrystals with mesoporous silica films. The internal organization of the nanorods in the supercrystals was characterized by combining focused ion beam ablation and scanning electron microscopy. A mesoporous silica layer is grown both over the supercrystals and between the individual lamellae of gold nanorods inside the structure. This not only prevented the detachment of the supercrystal from the substrate in water, but also allowed small molecule analytes to infiltrate the structure. These nanocomposite substrates show superior Raman enhancement in comparison with gold supercrystals without silica owing to improved accessibility of the plasmonic hot spots to analytes. The patterned supercrystal arrays with enhanced optical and mechanical properties obtained in this work show potential for the practical implementation of nanostructured devices in spatially resolved ultradetection of biomarkers and other analytes.
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- Cyrille Hamon
- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain.
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- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain.
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- Electron Microscopy and Image Processing Interdisciplinary Laboratory, Far Eastern Federal University, Sukhanova 8, 690000, Vladivostok, Russia and Electron Microscopy Laboratory, CIC NanoGUNE Consolider, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76, 20019 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain
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- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain.
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- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain.
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- Electron Microscopy Laboratory, CIC NanoGUNE Consolider, Tolosa Hiribidea, 76, 20019 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain and Basque Foundation of Science, IKERBASQUE, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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- Bionanoplasmonics Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastian, Spain. and Basque Foundation of Science, IKERBASQUE, 48013 Bilbao, Spain and Biomedical Research Networking Center in Bioengineering, Biomaterials, and Nanomedicine, CIBER-BBN, Spain
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Bao Y, Wen T, Samia ACS, Khandhar A, Krishnan KM. Magnetic Nanoparticles: Material Engineering and Emerging Applications in Lithography and Biomedicine. JOURNAL OF MATERIALS SCIENCE 2016; 51:513-553. [PMID: 26586919 PMCID: PMC4646229 DOI: 10.1007/s10853-015-9324-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2015] [Accepted: 07/31/2015] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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We present an interdisciplinary overview of material engineering and emerging applications of iron oxide nanoparticles. We discuss material engineering of nanoparticles in the broadest sense, emphasizing size and shape control, large-area self-assembly, composite/hybrid structures, and surface engineering. This is followed by a discussion of several non-traditional, emerging applications of iron oxide nanoparticles, including nanoparticle lithography, magnetic particle imaging, magnetic guided drug delivery, and positive contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging. We conclude with a succinct discussion of the pharmacokinetics pathways of iron oxide nanoparticles in the human body -- an important and required practical consideration for any in vivo biomedical application, followed by a brief outlook of the field.
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- Yuping Bao
- Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
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- State Key Laboratory of Electronic Thin Films and Integrated Devices, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China, Chengdu 610054, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195
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Abeywickrama T, Sreeramulu NN, Xu L, Rathnayake H. A versatile method to prepare size- and shape-controlled copper nanocubes using an aqueous phase green synthesis. RSC Adv 2016. [DOI: 10.1039/c6ra17037d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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A versatile, simple, and environmentally friendly method of preparing copper nanocubes with controlled morphology in aqueous solution at room temperature is demonstrated to make Cu nanocubes with sizes of 100 ± 35 nm.
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- Department of Chemistry
- Western Kentucky University
- Bowling Green
- USA
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Hamon C, Novikov SM, Scarabelli L, Solís DM, Altantzis T, Bals S, Taboada JM, Obelleiro F, Liz-Marzán LM. Collective Plasmonic Properties in Few-Layer Gold Nanorod Supercrystals. ACS PHOTONICS 2015; 2:1482-1488. [PMID: 27294173 PMCID: PMC4898864 DOI: 10.1021/acsphotonics.5b00369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2015] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- Cyrille Hamon
- Bionanoplasmonics
Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- Bionanoplasmonics
Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- Bionanoplasmonics
Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
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- Department
Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones, University of Vigo, 36301 Vigo, Spain
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- EMAT-University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- EMAT-University
of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium
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- Department
Tec. Computadoras y Comunicaciones, University of Extremadura, 10003 Cáceres, Spain
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- Department
Teoría de la Señal y Comunicaciones, University of Vigo, 36301 Vigo, Spain
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- Bionanoplasmonics
Laboratory, CIC biomaGUNE, Paseo de Miramón 182, 20009 Donostia - San Sebastián, Spain
- Ikerbasque, Basque
Foundation for Science, 48013 Bilbao, Spain
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Burresi M, Pratesi F, Riboli F, Wiersma DS. Complex Photonic Structures for Light Harvesting. ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS 2015; 3:722-743. [PMID: 26640755 PMCID: PMC4662022 DOI: 10.1002/adom.201400514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/02/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Over the last few years, micro- and nanophotonics have roused a strong interest in the scientific community for their promising impact on the development of novel kinds of solar cells. Certain thin- and ultrathin-film solar cells are made of innovative, often cheap, materials which suffer from a low energy conversion efficiency. Light-trapping mechanisms based on nanophotonics principles are particularly suited to enhance the absorption of electromagnetic waves in these thin media without changing the material composition. In this review, the latest results achieved in this field are reported, with particular attention to the realization of prototypes, spanning from deterministic to disordered photonic architectures, and from dielectric to metallic nanostructures.
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- Matteo Burresi
- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Università di Firenzevia Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, (FI), Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Ottica (CNR-INO)Largo Fermi 6, 50125, Firenze, (FI), Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Università di Firenzevia Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, (FI), Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di TrentoVia Sommarive 14, 38123, Povo, (TN), Italy
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- European Laboratory for Non-linear Spectroscopy (LENS), Università di Firenzevia Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, (FI), Italy
- Department of Physics, Università di Firenzevia Nello Carrara 1, 50019, Sesto Fiorentino, (FI), Italy
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Wang JJ, Liu P, Seaton CC, Ryan KM. Complete Colloidal Synthesis of Cu2SnSe3 Nanocrystals with Crystal Phase and Shape Control. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:7954-60. [DOI: 10.1021/ja501591n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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- Jian-jun Wang
- Materials and Surface Science
Institute (MSSI) and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Materials and Surface Science
Institute (MSSI) and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Materials and Surface Science
Institute (MSSI) and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- Materials and Surface Science
Institute (MSSI) and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Zhang SY, Regulacio MD, Han MY. Self-assembly of colloidal one-dimensional nanocrystals. Chem Soc Rev 2014; 43:2301-23. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cs60397k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 163] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Ryan KM, Singh S, Liu P, Singh A. Assembly of binary, ternary and quaternary compound semiconductor nanorods: From local to device scale ordering influenced by surface charge. CrystEngComm 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ce00679h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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In this article we outline the assembly of binary, ternary and quaternary nanorods using three separate protocols: (a) droplet based assembly, (b) assembly in a vial, (c) electrophoretic deposition. The rods are the important photoabsorbers CdS, CdSexS1−x, CuInxGa1−xS, and Cu2ZnSnS4.
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- Kevin M. Ryan
- Materials and Surface Science Institute and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences
- University of Limerick
- Limerick, Ireland
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- Materials and Surface Science Institute and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences
- University of Limerick
- Limerick, Ireland
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- Materials and Surface Science Institute and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences
- University of Limerick
- Limerick, Ireland
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- The Molecular Foundry
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
- Berkeley, USA
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Dong A, Jiao Y, Milliron DJ. Electronically coupled nanocrystal superlattice films by in situ ligand exchange at the liquid-air interface. ACS NANO 2013; 7:10978-84. [PMID: 24252075 DOI: 10.1021/nn404566b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 66] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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The ability to remove long, insulating ligands from nanocrystal (NC) surfaces without deteriorating the structural integrity of NC films is critical to realizing their electronic and optoelectronic applications. Here we report a nondestructive ligand-exchange approach based on in situ chemical treatment of NCs floating at the liquid-air interface, enabling strongly coupled NC superlattice films that can be directly transferred to arbitrary substrates for device applications. Ligand-exchange-induced structural defects such as cracks and degraded NC ordering that are commonly observed using previous methods are largely prevented by performing ligand exchange at the liquid-air interface. The significantly reduced interparticle spacing arising from ligand replacement leads to highly conductive NC superlattice films, the electrical conductivities and carrier mobilities of which are 1 order of magnitude higher than those of the same NC films subject to substrate-supported exchange using previously reported procedures. The in situ, free-floating exchange approach presented here opens the door for electronically coupled NC superlattices that hold great promise for high-performance, flexible electronic and optoelectronic devices.
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- Angang Dong
- Department of Chemistry and ‡Department of Macromolecular Science, Fudan University , Shanghai 200433, P. R. China
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Heterogeneous stacking of nanodot monolayers by dry pick-and-place transfer and its applications in quantum dot light-emitting diodes. Nat Commun 2013; 4:2637. [DOI: 10.1038/ncomms3637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/08/2022] Open
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Wang Q, Kishimoto S, Jiang X, Yamauchi Y. Formation of secondary Moiré patterns for characterization of nanoporous alumina structures in multiple domains with different orientations. NANOSCALE 2013; 5:2285-2289. [PMID: 23422954 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr34042b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We first report the formation of secondary Moiré patterns from electron Moiré fringes to characterize nanostructures in multiple domains with different orientations. The pitches and the orientations of the nanoporous alumina arrays in several domains are simultaneously measured using only one electron Moiré image.
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- Qinghua Wang
- Hybrid Materials Unit, National Institute for Materials Science, 1-2-1 Sengen, Tsukuba, Ibaraki 305-0047, Japan
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Singh S, Singh A, Palaniappan K, Ryan KM. Colloidal synthesis of homogeneously alloyed CdSexS1−x nanorods with compositionally tunable photoluminescence. Chem Commun (Camb) 2013; 49:10293-5. [DOI: 10.1039/c3cc45497e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Pietra F, Rabouw FT, Evers WH, Byelov DV, Petukhov AV, de Mello Donegá C, Vanmaekelbergh D. Semiconductor nanorod self-assembly at the liquid/air interface studied by in situ GISAXS and ex situ TEM. NANO LETTERS 2012; 12:5515-5523. [PMID: 23038984 DOI: 10.1021/nl302360u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We study the self-assembly of colloidal CdSe/CdS nanorods (NRs) at the liquid/air interface combining time-resolved in situ grazing-incidence small angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) and ex situ transmission electron microscopy (TEM). Our study shows that NR superstructure formation occurs at the liquid/air interface. Short NRs self-assemble into micrometers long tracks of NRs lying side by side flat on the surface. In contrast, longer NRs align vertically into ordered superstructures. Systematic variation of the NR length and initial concentration of the NR dispersion allowed us to tune the orientation of the NRs in the final superstructure. With GISAXS, we were able to follow the dynamics of the self-assembly. We propose a model of hierarchical self-organization that provides a basis for the understanding of the length-dependent self-organization of NRs at the liquid/air interface. This opens the way to new materials based on NR membranes and anisotropic thin films.
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- Francesca Pietra
- Condensed Matter and Interfaces, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Princetonplein 1, 3584 CC Utrecht, The Netherlands
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Singh A, English NJ, Ryan KM. Highly Ordered Nanorod Assemblies Extending over Device Scale Areas and in Controlled Multilayers by Electrophoretic Deposition. J Phys Chem B 2012; 117:1608-15. [DOI: 10.1021/jp305184n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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- Ajay Singh
- Materials
and Surface Science
Institute and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- SFI-Strategic Research Cluster
in Solar Energy Research, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- UCD School of Chemical and Bioprocess
Engineering and Centre for Synthesis and Chemical Biology, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin 4, Ireland
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- Materials
and Surface Science
Institute and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
- SFI-Strategic Research Cluster
in Solar Energy Research, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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Singh A, Coughlan C, Laffir F, Ryan KM. Assembly of CuIn(1-x)Ga(x)S2 nanorods into highly ordered 2D and 3D superstructures. ACS NANO 2012; 6:6977-6983. [PMID: 22765274 DOI: 10.1021/nn301999b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Here, we report self- and directed assembly of CuIn(1-x)Ga(x)S(2) (CIGS) nanorods into highly ordered 2D and 3D superstructures. The assembly protocol is dictated by the ligand environment and is hence chemically tunable. Thiol capped nanorods spontaneously assemble into 3D aligned nanorod clusters over a period of hours with end to end and side to side order. These clusters can be disassembled by ligand exchange with an amine and subsequently reassembled either at a substrate interface or as free floating 2D sheets by directed assembly protocols. This dimensional control of CIGS nanorod assembly, extending over device scale areas with high degrees of order, is highly attractive for applications utilizing these important quaternary photoabsorbers.
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- Ajay Singh
- Materials and Surface Science Institute and Department of Chemical and Environmental Sciences,University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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