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Autonomous Self‐Assembly of Ionic Nanoparticles into Hexagonally Close‐Packed Lattices at a Planar Oil–Water Interface
Author(s) -
Sashuk Volodymyr,
Hołyst Robert,
Wojciechowski Tomasz,
Górecka Ewa,
Fiałkowski Marcin
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chemistry – a european journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.687
H-Index - 242
eISSN - 1521-3765
pISSN - 0947-6539
DOI - 10.1002/chem.201103272
Subject(s) - planar , interface (matter) , nanoparticle , computer science , nanotechnology , process (computing) , materials science , computer graphics (images) , operating system , bubble , maximum bubble pressure method
Let's get charged! Positively charged nanoparticles (NPs) spontaneously self‐assemble into hexagonally close‐packed lattices at a planar CH 2 Cl 2 –water interface (see figure). The self‐assembly process is fully autonomous and occurs without any external manipulation.