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ArticleScience advances2020

Electron microscopy of nanoparticle superlattice formation at a solid-liquid interface in nonpolar liquids.

E Cepeda-Perez, D Doblas, T Kraus, N de Jonge

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Article in Science advances, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

E Cepeda-PerezINM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-5571-5789
D DoblasINM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-1837-2593
T KrausINM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0003-2951-1704
N de JongeINM-Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Saarbrücken, Germany.ORCID 0000-0002-3969-6821

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Nanoparticle superlattice films form at the solid-liquid interface and are important for mesoscale materials, but are notoriously difficult to analyze before they are fully dried. Here, the early stages of nanoparticle assembly were studied at solid-liquid interfaces using liquid-phase electron microscopy. Oleylamine-stabilized gold nanoparticles spontaneously formed thin layers on a silicon nitride (SiN) membrane window of the liquid enclosure. Dense packings of hexagonal symmetry were obtained for the first monolayer independent of the nonpolar solvent type. The second layer, however, exhibited geometries ranging from dense packing in a hexagonal honeycomb structure to quasi-crystalline particle arrangements depending on the dielectric constant of the liquid. The complex structures formed by the weaker interactions in the second particle layer were preserved, while the surface remained immersed in liquid. Fine-tuning the properties of the involved materials can thus be used to control the three-dimensional geometry of a superlattice including quasi-crystals.

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PMID32426507
PMCPMC7220325

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