Controlled Self-Assembly and Tuning of Large PbS Nanoparticle Supercrystals

Bian, Kaifu; Li, Ruipeng; Fan, Hongyou

doi:10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02691

Controlled Self-Assembly and Tuning of Large PbS Nanoparticle Supercrystals

Journal Article · Wed Sep 05 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Chemistry of Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.8b02691· OSTI ID:1474085

Bian, Kaifu ^[1]; Li, Ruipeng ^[2]; ^[3]

Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States). NSLS II
Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States). Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies; Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States). Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering. Center for Micro-Engineered Materials

Self-assembly of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) into ordered superlattices (SLs) and supercrystals (SCs) enables new artificial NC solids for nanoelectronic and nanophotonic applications, which requires critical control of nucleation and growth conditions. In this paper, large SCs of PbS NCs up to ~100 μm size were synthesized by two controlled self-assembly methods from NC solutions. Both translational symmetry and orientational ordering of the nanocrystals in the SCs were readily tuned by excess oleic acid ligands and antisolvents. Slow evaporation and the counterdiffusion method of solvents resulted in the formation of single SCs with two different SLs from the same PbS NCs: a face-centered cubic SL with weak yet complex orientational order or a body-centered cubic SL with strong and uniform particle orientation, respectively. The translational ordering was mainly determined by the effective shape of the NCs while the difference in orientational order was a result of the balance between ligand–ligand attraction and rotational entropy. Finally, the ease of the growth of large SC solids could lead to diverse NC systems and facilitate essential investigation of nanoparticle interactions and coupling based nanoelectronic and nanophotonic properties.

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Research Organization:: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES) (SC-22); USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA); SNL Laboratory Directed Research and Development (LDRD) Program

Grant/Contract Number:: NA0003525

OSTI ID:: 1474085

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1477956

Report Number(s):: SAND--2018-10292J; 668023

Journal Information:: Chemistry of Materials, Journal Name: Chemistry of Materials Journal Issue: 19 Vol. 30; ISSN 0897-4756

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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