Ordered two-dimensional superstructures of colloidal octapod-shaped nanocrystals on flat substrates

Nano Letters

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5299-5303

  Qi, Weikai ^a   Graaf, Joost De ^a   Qiao, Fen ^b   Marras, Sergio ^b   Manna, Liberato ^b   Dijkstra, Marjolein ^a  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ISTITUTO ITALIANO DI TECNOLOGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

anisotropy; colloids; nanocrystals; Octapods; quasi 2D; self assembly

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL PHASE; DROP-CASTING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; FLAT SUBSTRATES; FREE-ENERGY CALCULATIONS; HIGH DENSITY; LENGTH TO DIAMETER RATIO; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; OCTAPODS; QUASI-2D; SPHEROCYLINDERS; SQUARE-LATTICE; THERMODYNAMICALLY STABLE;

ANISOTROPY; COLLOIDS; MONOLAYERS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PHASE DIAGRAMS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SUBSTRATES;

NANOCRYSTALS;

EID: 84867441804     PISSN: 15306984     EISSN: 15306992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nl302620j     Document Type: Article

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