A Directional Entropic Force Approach to Assemble Anisotropic Nanoparticles into Superlattices
Engel M, Young KL, Personick ML, Damasceno PF, Barnaby SN, Bleher R, Li T, Glotzer SC, Lee B, Mirkin CA (2013)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Journal article, Original article
Publication year: 2013
Journal
Publisher: Wiley-VCH Verlag
Book Volume: 52
Pages Range: 13980-13984
Article Number: 52
Journal Issue: 52
Abstract
Learning how to assemble inorganic nanoparticles into
ordered lattices may prove to be important for applications,
such as, electronics, photonics, and catalysis.
[1]
Indeed, theo-
retical studies have shown that certain types of crystalline
arrays of nanoparticles could potentially be used to generate
photonic band-gap materials, negative index materials, and
metamaterials at visible and infrared length scales.
[2,3]
The
vast majority of work in this area has focused on the assembly
of spherical particles. However, anisotropic nanoparticles,
which display rich assembly behavior owing to their reduced
symmetry, and have unique physical properties that can be
engineered by controlling interparticle spacing and orienta-
tion, may provide access to even more interesting materi-
als.
[4–8]
Moreover, they require design rules for predicting the
way such nanoparticles can assemble and the types of
structures that may be realized. The rapidly expanding library
of available anisotropic nanoparticle building blocks provides
exciting new opportunities to study colloidal assembly as
a function of particle shape.
[9–11]
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Northwestern University
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University of Michigan
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Argonne National Laboratory
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University of Michigan
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Argonne National Laboratory
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How to cite
APA:
Engel, M., Young, K.L., Personick, M.L., Damasceno, P.F., Barnaby, S.N., Bleher, R.,... Mirkin, C.A. (2013). A Directional Entropic Force Approach to Assemble Anisotropic Nanoparticles into Superlattices. Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 52(52), 13980-13984. https://dx.doi.org/10.1002/anie.201306009
MLA:
Engel, Michael, et al. "A Directional Entropic Force Approach to Assemble Anisotropic Nanoparticles into Superlattices." Angewandte Chemie International Edition 52.52 (2013): 13980-13984.
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