Reversible, Tunable, Electric-Field Driven Assembly of Silver Nanocrystal Superlattices

Yu, Yixuan; Yu, Dian; Orme, Christine A.

doi:10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01323

Title: Reversible, Tunable, Electric-Field Driven Assembly of Silver Nanocrystal Superlattices

Journal Article · Tue May 16 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · Nano Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.nanolett.7b01323· OSTI ID:1470709

^[1]; Yu, Dian ^[2]; Orme, Christine A. ^[1]

Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA (United States)

Nanocrystal superlattices are typically fabricated by either solvent evaporation or destabilization methods that require long time periods to generate highly ordered structures. In this paper, we report for the first time the use of electric fields to reversibly drive nanocrystal assembly into superlattices without changing solvent volume or composition, and show that this method only takes 20 min to produce polyhedral colloidal crystals, which would otherwise need days or weeks. This method offers a way to control the lattice constants and degree of preferential orientation for superlattices and can suppress the uniaxial superlattice contraction associated with solvent evaporation. As a result, in situ small-angle X-ray scattering experiments indicated that nanocrystal superlattices were formed while solvated, not during drying.

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Research Organization:: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)

Grant/Contract Number:: AC52-07NA27344

OSTI ID:: 1470709

Report Number(s):: LLNL-JRNL-710158; 846207

Journal Information:: Nano Letters, Vol. 17, Issue 6; ISSN 1530-6984

Publisher:: American Chemical SocietyCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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