Premium
All‐Inorganic Nanocrystal Arrays
Author(s) -
Brock Stephanie L.
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.200903989
Subject(s) - nanocrystal , chalcogenide , superlattice , materials science , conductivity , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , chemistry
Snuggle up : Nanocrystals have long been known to form ordered arrays and superlattices, but traditional organic capping ligands keep the nanocrystals separated, precluding conductivity. Now researchers have used molecular metal chalcogenide caps to form 2D and 3D nanocrystal arrays (see picture) with closer packing and much improved conductivity.