Colloidal Binary Supracrystals with Tunable Structural Lattices
- Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States); Temple Univ., Philadelphia, PA (United States)
- Brookhaven National Lab. (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)
Here, colloidal binary supracrystals (SCs) possessing tunable and ordered assembly of two different types of functional nanoparticles (NPs) represent a unique class of artificial materials for both fundamental study and technological applications, but related study has been limited due to substantial challenges in materials growth. Here we report the controlled growth of colloidal binary SCs consisting of Au and Fe3O4 NPs via an oil-in-water emulsion process. The size, stoichiometry, and lattice structure of the SCs can be broadly tuned by the growth parameters. Furthermore, our growth method is general and applicable to other NP building blocks to achieve various functional binary SCs. These as-grown free-standing binary SCs should therefore enable new test beds for exploring different nanoscale interactions ranging from the formation and stability of nanoscale binary phase to the emerging magneto-plasmonic coupling physics.
- Research Organization:
- Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Complex Materials from First Principles (CCM); 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:
- 1476758
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-209145-2018-JAAM
- Journal Information:
- Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 140, Issue 29; ISSN 0002-7863
- Publisher:
- American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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