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

DOI: 10.1002/anie.201306009

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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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://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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