Dynamical self-assembly of nanocrystal superlattices during colloidal droplet evaporation by in situ small angle x-ray scattering

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 13, 2004, Pages

  Narayanan, Suresh ^a   Wang, Jin ^a   Lin, Xiao Min ^b  

^a ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COLLOIDS; EVAPORATION; GROWTH KINETICS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; SELF ASSEMBLY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; VISCOSITY; X RAY SCATTERING;

INTERFACE CRUSHING; LIGHT-STABILIZED NANOCRYSTALS; NANOCRYSTAL SUPERLATTICES (NCS); SMALL ANGLE X-RAY SCATTERING;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 19644379581     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.135503     Document Type: Article

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