Colloidal Assembly Approaches to Micro/Nanostructures of Complex Morphologies
Abstract
The ability to programmatically assemble colloidal micro/nanostructures into highly ordered superstructures is of great importance in both fundamental studies and practical applications. In addition to the sophisticated manipulation of the short‐range and long‐range interactions imposed on the colloidal building blocks, the intrinsic shape elements including face, edge, corner, concave, convex, and curvature also play very important roles in solving the “jigsaw puzzle” of the superstructures. Here, the recent progress in the development of colloidal assembly strategies for the formation of complex superstructures is reviewed, with a primary focus on the unique effects of the morphology of the building blocks to the assembly processes and the final structures. Overall, this Review aims to shed light on the fundamental understanding of the colloidal behaviors of complex micro/nanostructures and promote the continued development of effective strategies for the creation of functional materials with complex compositions and morphologies.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Pub Defense Publication
- Publication Date
- Jul 24, 2018
- Source ID
- 10.1002/smll.201801083
Entities
People
- Wenjing Xu
- Yadong Yin
- Zhiwei Li
Organizations
- American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund
- National Science Foundation
- United States Army Research Laboratory
- Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry