Hydration‐Driven Superlattices: Interplay between Short‐ and Long‐Ranged Forces Leading to the Formation of Ag Nanoparticle Superlattice (Small 33/2019)

During the self‐assembly process, the dynamic behavior of nanoparticles is correlated with the van der Waals force over both short (≈2–3 nm) and relatively long particle separations (<≈13 nm in this work). In article number 1901966, Jaehun Chun, Dongsheng Li, and co‐workers investigate how Ag nanoparticles self‐assemble into superlattices with short separations (<1 nm), which contribute to the hydration layers absorbed on the particle surface.