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EPL
Volume 119, Number 2, July 2017
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| Article Number | 28003 | |
| Number of page(s) | 6 | |
| Section | Interdisciplinary Physics and Related Areas of Science and Technology | |
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1209/0295-5075/119/28003 | |
| Published online | 05 October 2017 | |
Superlattice self-assembly: Watching nanocrystals in action(a)
1 Cornell High Energy Synchrotron Source (CHESS), Cornell University - 161 Synchrotron Dr., Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
2 R. F. Smith School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Cornell University - Olin Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA
(b) dms79@cornell.edu
(c) tobias.hanrath@cornell.edu
Received: 29 June 2017
Accepted: 12 September 2017
The assembly of colloidal nanocrystal building blocks into ordered superlattices presents many scientifically interesting and technologically important research challenges to create programmable matter from “crystals-of-crystals”. The formation of superlattices is a fascinating mesoscale phenomenon governed by the interplay of a range of thermodynamic and kinetic factors. We summarize the role of time-resolved X-ray scattering techniques combined with in situ sample environments to gain unique insights into the relevant processes.
PACS: 81.07.Bc – Nanocrystalline materials / 87.16.dr – Assembly and interactions / 61.05.cf – X-ray scattering (including small-angle scattering)
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