Recent notable approaches to study self‐assembly of nanoparticles with X‐ray scattering and electron microscopy

F Schulz, I Lokteva, WJ Parak… - Particle & Particle …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly of nanoparticles (NPs) has evolved into a powerful tool for the synthesis of
superstructures with tailored properties. The quality, diversity, and complexity of synthesized …

Tunable subnanometer gaps in self-assembled monolayer gold nanoparticle superlattices enabling strong plasmonic field confinement

B Lu, K Vegso, S Micky, C Ritz, M Bodik… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Nanoparticle superlattices produced with controllable interparticle gap distances down to
the subnanometer range are of superior significance for applications in electronic and …

Real-Time X-ray Scattering Discovers Rich Phase Behavior in PbS Nanocrystal Superlattices during In Situ Assembly

I Lokteva, M Dartsch, F Dallari, F Westermeier… - Chemistry of …, 2021 - ACS Publications
During the self-organization of colloidal semiconductor nanoparticles by solvent
evaporation, nanoparticle interactions are substantially determined by the organic ligands …

[HTML][HTML] The structure of ice under confinement in periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMOs)

NC Gießelmann, P Lenz, SM Meinert… - The Journal of …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We investigated the structure of ice under nanoporous confinement in periodic mesoporous
organosilicas (PMOs) with different organic functionalities and pore diameters between 3.4 …

Do chemists control plane packing, ie two-dimensional self-assembly, at all scales?

C Chinaud-Chaix, N Marchenko, T Fernique… - New Journal of …, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Two-dimensional (2D) self-assembly (SA) is an efficient strategy to organize building blocks
in a simple and efficient way. Actually, different communities of chemists or physicists use 2D …

Highly Ordered Monolayers of μm-Sized Polystyrene Spheres Studied by Grazing-Incidence Small-Angle X-ray Scattering, Simulations, and Geometrical Calculations

S Maiti, LN Senavirathna, I Minguez Bacho, J Menath… - Langmuir, 2024 - ACS Publications
Unraveling the two-dimensional (2D) structural ordering of colloidal particles assembled at a
flat surface is essential for understanding and optimizing their physical properties. So far …

[HTML][HTML] A multiscale 3D hotspot-rich nanostructured substrate for biomolecular detection of SARS-CoV-2

SR Sahoo, CT Huang, K Tsai, GJ Wang… - Applied Physics …, 2023 - pubs.aip.org
The current fabrication methods of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) chips used
for biological detection mostly require antibodies conjugated on nanostructured metals or …

Angular X-ray cross-correlation analysis applied to the scattering data in 3D reciprocal space from a single crystal

D Lapkin, A Shabalin, JM Meijer, R Kurta, M Sprung… - IUCrJ, 2022 - journals.iucr.org
An application of angular X-ray cross-correlation analysis (AXCCA) to the scattered intensity
distribution measured in 3D reciprocal space from a single-crystalline sample is proposed in …

Coupled plasmons in aluminum nanoparticle superclusters

MM Muhammed, TA Alrebdi, AJ Chamkha… - Physical Chemistry …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Metallic nanoparticles can self-assemble into highly ordered superclusters for potential
applications in optics and catalysis. Here, using first-principles quantum mechanical …

[PDF][PDF] Thin Film Plasmonic Supercrystals as Polaritonic Materials

F Schulz - gdr-nino.cnrs.fr
Supercrystals of gold nanoparticles (AuNP) with diameters> 20 nm exhibit interesting optical
properties. The periodic arrangement of the AuNP within the supercrystals leads to new …