Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Self-assembly of various building blocks has been considered as a powerful approach to
generate novel materials with tailorable structures and optimal properties. Understanding …

Patches on the surfaces of colloidal particles,,,, provide directional information that enables
the self-assembly of the particles into higher-order structures. Although computational tools …

Colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals have attracted continuous worldwide interest over the
last three decades owing to their remarkable and unique size-and shape-, dependent …

Over the past century, the work of chemical engineers has helped transform societies and
the lives of individuals, from the synthetic fertilizers that helped feed the world to the …

Colloidal self-assembly—the spontaneous organization of colloids into ordered structures—
has been considered key to produce next-generation materials. However, the present-day …

Functional soft materials, comprising colloidal and molecular building blocks that self-
organize into complex structures as a result of their tunable interactions, enable a wide array …

Direct design of complex functional materials would revolutionize technologies ranging from
printable organs to novel clean energy devices. However, even incremental steps toward …

Artificial solids and thin films assembled from colloidal nanomaterials give rise to versatile
properties that can be exploited in a range of technologies. In particular, solution‐based …

We explore the potential of nanocrystals (a term used equivalently to nanoparticles) as
building blocks for nanomaterials, and the current advances and open challenges for …