Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals into 3D binary mesocrystals

B Ni, G Gonzalez-Rubio, H Cölfen - Accounts of Chemical …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Conspectus Biominerals are unique materials found in many living organisms that often
display outstanding functionalities attributed to their mesocrystalline structure. Mesocrystals …

Diffusion-mediated nucleation and growth of fcc and bcc nanocrystal superlattices with designable assembly of freestanding 3D supercrystals

X Huang, E Suit, J Zhu, B Ge, F Gerdes… - Journal of the …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Diffusion-mediated assembly of octahedral PbS nanocrystals (NCs) in a confined antisolvent
environment displays a primary burst nucleation and Ostwald ripening growth of rhombic …

Growth of nanocrystal superlattices from liquid crystals

S Yang, Y Ning, Y Zhang… - Journal of the American …, 2024 - ACS Publications
The growth of superlattices (SLs) made from self-assembled nanocrystals (NCs) is a
powerful method for creating new materials and gaining insight into fundamental molecular …

The Colloidal Stability of Apolar Nanoparticles in Solvent Mixtures

MR Hasan, BJ Niebuur, M Siebrecht, B Kuttich… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Solvent engineering is a powerful and versatile method to tune colloidal stability. Here, we
link the molecular structure of apolar ligand shells on gold nanoparticles with their colloidal …

Self-Assembled Faceted Mesocrystals: Advances in Optimization of Growth Conditions

JJ Schlotheuber née Brunner, B Maier… - Crystal Growth & …, 2021 - ACS Publications
One aspect of the research on mesocrystals nowadays focuses on applications, whereby
such applications demand mesocrystals with a tunable size. To achieve this task, more effort …

Solvent controlled 2D structures of bottom-up fabricated nanoparticle superlattices

EE Beck, A Weimer, A Feld, V Vonk, H Noei, D Lott… - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate that oleyl phosphate ligand-stabilized iron oxide nanocubes as building
blocks can be assembled into 2D supercrystalline mono-and multilayers on flat YSZ …

Revealing the Impact of Polystyrene Functionalization of Au Octahedral Nanocrystals of Different Sizes on the Formation and Structure of Mesocrystals

D Lapkin, S Singh, F Kirner, S Sturm… - …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The self‐assembly of anisotropic nanocrystals (stabilized by organic capping molecules)
with pre‐selected composition, size, and shape allows for the creation of nanostructured …

Direct Synthesis of CuPd Icosahedra Supercrystals Studied by In Situ X‐Ray Scattering

D Derelli, K Frank, L Grote, F Mancini, AC Dippel… - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Nanocrystal self‐assembly into supercrystals provides a versatile platform for creating novel
materials and devices with tailored properties. While common self‐assembly strategies …

Multiscale Reciprocal Space Mapping of Magnetite Mesocrystals

A Chumakova, T Steegemans, IA Baburin… - Advanced …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Mesocrystals are a class of nanostructured material, where a multiple‐length‐scale structure
is a prerequisite of many interesting phenomena. Resolving the mesocrystal structure is …

Tuning the Electronic Properties of Mesocrystals

C Jenewein, SM Schupp, B Ni… - Small …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Colloidal crystals are arguably one of the most promising candidates when it comes to the
fabrication of nanostructured metamaterials. Especially mesocrystals show exciting new …