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Assembly of Nanocrystal Arrays by Block‐Copolymer‐Directed Nucleation
Author(s) -
Morin Stephen A.,
La YoungHye,
Liu ChiChun,
Streifer Jeremy A.,
Hamers Robert J.,
Nealey Paul F.,
Jin Song
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200805471
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , nucleation , copolymer , nanocrystalline material , materials science , nanotechnology , self assembly , aqueous solution , sulfide , chemical engineering , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , polymer , composite material , engineering
Growing in line: The surface chemistry of self‐assembled nanostructured block copolymers is used to control the sites at which semiconducting metal sulfide nanocrystals nucleate and grow on a surface directly from aqueous solutions. This process is a new and general strategy for the bottom‐up assembly of functional nanocrystalline materials for a variety of applications.