Growth of Nanocrystal Superlattices from Liquid Crystals

Yang, Shengsong; Ning, Yifan; Zhang, Yugang; Murray, Christopher B.

doi:10.1021/jacs.4c01232

Title: Growth of Nanocrystal Superlattices from Liquid Crystals

Journal Article · 11 April 2024 · Journal of the American Chemical Society

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.4c01232 · OSTI ID:2376876

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University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA (United States)
Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), Upton, NY (United States)

The growth of superlattices (SLs) made from self-assembled nanocrystals (NCs) is a powerful method for creating new materials and gaining insight into fundamental molecular dynamics. Previous explorations of NCSL syntheses have mostly compared them to crystallization. However, NCSL synthesis has not broadly shown cooling crystallization from saturated solutions as a reversible crystallization–dissolution process. We demonstrate the reversible growth of NCSLs by dispersing NCs in liquid crystal (LC) “smart solvents,” and harnessing the transitions between the isotropic and nematic phases of the LCs. The growth mode and morphology can be tuned. Furthernore, this process is a model platform for studying crystallization and demonstrates great potential in manufacturing NCSLs as colloidal crystals through liquid-phase epitaxy or colloidal synthesis.

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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). Scientific User Facilities (SUF); NSF National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure Program

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0012704

OSTI ID:: 2376876

Report Number(s):: BNL--225721-2024-JAAM

Journal Information:: Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal Name: Journal of the American Chemical Society Journal Issue: 16 Vol. 146; ISSN 0002-7863

Publisher:: American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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