Understanding the forces acting in self-assembly and the implications for constructing three-dimensional (3D) supercrystals

Nano Research

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 2445-2466

  Wang, Chenyu ^a   Siu, Carrie ^b   Zhang, Jun ^c   Fang, Jiye ^a,b  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b State University of New York at Binghamton   (United States)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

interparticle forces; self assembly; supercrystals; superlattices; three dimensional

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939262068     PISSN: 19980124     EISSN: 19980000     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12274-015-0767-1     Document Type: Article

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