Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems

Lange Bassani C, van Anders G, Banin U, Baranov D, Chen Q, Dijkstra M, Dimitriyev MS, Efrati E, Faraudo J, Gang O, Gaston N, Golestanian R, Guerrero-Garcia GI, Gruenwald M, Haji-Akbari A, Ibáñez M, Karg M, Kraus T, Lee B, Van Lehn RC, Macfarlane RJ, Mognetti BM, Nikoubashman A, Osat S, Prezhdo OV, Rotskoff GM, Saiz L, Shi AC, Skrabalak S, Smalyukh II, Tagliazucchi M, Talapin DV, Tkachenko AV, Tretiak S, Vaknin D, Widmer-Cooper A, Wong GC, Ye X, Zhou S, Rabani E, Engel M, Travesset A (2024)

Publication Type: Journal article, Review article

Publication year: 2024

Journal

DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c10201

Abstract

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 fundamental science developments and applications. Nanocrystal assemblies are inherently multiscale, and the generation of revolutionary material properties requires a precise understanding of the relationship between structure and function, the former being determined by classical effects and the latter often by quantum effects. With an emphasis on theory and computation, we discuss challenges that hamper current assembly strategies and to what extent nanocrystal assemblies represent thermodynamic equilibrium or kinetically trapped metastable states. We also examine dynamic effects and optimization of assembly protocols. Finally, we discuss promising material functions and examples of their realization with nanocrystal assemblies.

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Queen's University Canada (CA) Hebrew University of Jerusalem Israel (IL) Lund University / Lunds universitet Sweden (SE) Max-Planck-Institut für Dynamik und Selbstorganisation / Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization Germany (DE) University of Southern California (USC) United States (USA) (US) Stanford University United States (USA) (US) University of California Davis (UCDAVIS) United States (USA) (US) McMaster University Canada (CA) Indiana University United States (USA) (US) University of Colorado at Boulder United States (USA) (US) Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA) / University of Buenos Aires Argentina (AR) University of Chicago United States (USA) (US) Brookhaven National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) University of Utah United States (USA) (US) Los Alamos National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) Iowa State University of Science and Technology (ISU) United States (USA) (US) Yale University United States (USA) (US) Institute of Science and Technology Austria (IST Austria) Austria (AT) University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) United States (USA) (US) Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf Germany (DE) Leibniz-Institut für Neue Materialien gGmbH / Leibniz Institute for New Materials (INM) Germany (DE) Argonne National Laboratory United States (USA) (US) University of Wisconsin - Madison United States (USA) (US) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) United States (USA) (US) Université libre de Bruxelles (ULB) / Free University of Brussels Belgium (BE) Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung Dresden e. V. Germany (DE) University of California, Berkeley United States (USA) (US) Institut de Ciència de Materials de Barcelona (ICMAB - CSIC) Spain (ES) Columbia University United States (USA) (US) University of Auckland New Zealand (NZ) Autonomous University of San Luis Potosí / Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosí (UASLP) Mexico (MX) Weizmann Institute of Science Israel (IL) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign United States (USA) (US) Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science Netherlands (NL) University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass) United States (USA) (US)

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APA:

Lange Bassani, C., van Anders, G., Banin, U., Baranov, D., Chen, Q., Dijkstra, M.,... Travesset, A. (2024). Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems. ACS nano. https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c10201

MLA:

Lange Bassani, Carlos, et al. "Nanocrystal Assemblies: Current Advances and Open Problems." ACS nano (2024).

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