The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their
enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of …

The field of plasmonics has become one of the most interesting and active research areas in
nanotechnology, enabling numerous fundamental studies and applications in a variety of …

The mixing of polymers and nanoparticles is opening pathways for engineering flexible
composites that exhibit advantageous electrical, optical, or mechanical properties. Recent …

Block copolymers (BCPs) have received great attention for the past 40 years but only within
the past decade have they been seriously considered for nanotechnological applications …

The self‐assembly of block copolymers (BCPs) into photonic materials has drawn significant
attention due to the flexibility and diversity of the building blocks that can be synthesized …

Nanoparticle superlattices are periodic arrays of nanoscale inorganic building blocks
including metal nanoparticles, quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles. Such assemblies …

Recently, a new spotlight has been focused on block copolymers, thoroughly studied for
nearly half a century, because of their potential use in numerous nanotechnologies. This …

Nanocomposites, composed of organic and inorganic building blocks, can combine the
properties from the parent constituents and generate new properties to meet current and …

Colloidal particles with controlled shape and internal structure have attracted great attention
due to their novel morphologies and various potential applications. Among the diverse …

Heterogeneous materials in which the characteristic length scale of the filler material is in
the nanometer range—ie, nanocomposites—is currently one of the fastest growing areas of …