Nanocrystal Assemblies : Current Advances and Open Problems

Summary, in English

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.

• Author: Carlos L. Bassani; Greg van Anders; Uri Banin; Dmitry Baranov; Qian Chen; Marjolein Dijkstra; Michael S. Dimitriyev; Efi Efrati; Jordi Faraudo; Oleg Gang; Nicola Gaston; Ramin Golestanian; G. Ivan Guerrero-Garcia; Michael Gruenwald; Amir Haji-Akbari; Maria Ibáñez; Matthias Karg; Tobias Kraus; Byeongdu Lee; Reid C. Van Lehn; Robert J. Macfarlane; Bortolo M. Mognetti; Arash Nikoubashman; Saeed Osat; Oleg V. Prezhdo; Grant M. Rotskoff; Leonor Saiz; An-Chang Shi; Sara Skrabalak; Ivan I. Smalyukh; Mario Tagliazucchi; Dmitri V. Talapin; Alexei V. Tkachenko; Sergei Tretiak; David Vaknin; Asaph Widmer-Cooper; Gerard C. L. Wong; Xingchen Ye; Shan Zhou; Eran Rabani; Michael Engel; Alex Travesset
• Department/s: Chemical Physics; LU Profile Area: Light and Materials; LTH Profile Area: Nanoscience and Semiconductor Technology; NanoLund: Centre for Nanoscience
• Publishing year: 2024-06-11
• Language: English
• Pages: 14791-14840
• Publication/Series: ACS Nano
• Volume: 18
• Issue: 23
• Links: http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.3c10201
• Document type: Journal article review
• Publisher: The American Chemical Society (ACS)
• Topic: Nano-technology; Physical Chemistry (including Surface- and Colloid Chemistry); Materials Chemistry; Condensed Matter Physics (including Material Physics, Nano Physics)
• Keywords: assembly protocols; colloidal crystal; material properties; nanocrystal; nanocrystal assembly; nanoparticle; quantum dots; self-assembly; structure prediction; superlattice
• Status: Published
• ISBN/ISSN/Other: ISSN: 1936-0851