In situ microscopy of the self-assembly of branched nanocrystals in solution

Sutter, Eli; Tkachenko, Alexei V.; Sutter, Peter; Arciniegas, Milena; Manna, Liberato; de Graaf, Joost

doi:10.1038/ncomms11213

Title: In situ microscopy of the self-assembly of branched nanocrystals in solution

Journal Article · Mon Apr 04 00:00:00 EDT 2016 · Nature Communications

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms11213· OSTI ID:1255732

Sutter, Eli ^[1]; Tkachenko, Alexei V. ^[2]; Sutter, Peter ^[1]; Arciniegas, Milena ^[3]; Manna, Liberato ^[3]; de Graaf, Joost ^[4]

Univ. of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT), Genova (Italy)
Univ. of Stuttgart, Stuttgart (Germany)

Here, solution-phase self-assembly of nanocrystals into mesoscale structures is a promising strategy for constructing functional materials from nanoscale components. Liquid environments are key to self-assembly since they allow suspended nanocrystals to diffuse and interact freely, but they also complicate experiments. Real-time observations with single-particle resolution could have transformative impact on our understanding of nanocrystal self-assembly. Here we use real-time in situ imaging by liquid-cell electron microscopy to elucidate the nucleation and growth mechanism and properties of linear chains of octapod-shaped nanocrystals in their native solution environment. Statistical mechanics modelling based on these observations and using the measured chain-length distribution clarifies the relative importance of dipolar and entropic forces in the assembly process and gives direct access to the interparticle interaction. Our results suggest that monomer-resolved in situ imaging combined with modelling can provide unprecedented quantitative insight into the microscopic processes and interactions that govern nanocrystal self-assembly in solution.

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Research Organization:: Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 1255732

Report Number(s):: BNL-112268-2016-JA; KC0403020

Journal Information:: Nature Communications, Vol. 7; ISSN 2041-1723

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