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ArticleNature communications2021

Crystallization of nanoparticles induced by precipitation of trace polymeric additives.

Yiwen Qian, Alessandra da Silva, Emmy Yu, Christopher L Anderson, Yi Liu, Wolfgang Theis, Peter Ercius, Ting Xu

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Article in Nature communications, 2021. 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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5citing papers in PubMed
1.6field-weighted citation impact, top 17% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Yiwen QianDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-9390-2756
Alessandra da SilvaNanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.
Emmy YuDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Christopher L AndersonDepartment of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA.
Yi LiuMolecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-3954-6102
Wolfgang TheisNanoscale Physics Research Laboratory, School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4074-8318
Peter ErciusMolecular Foundry, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, Berkeley, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6762-9976
Ting XuDepartment of Materials Science and Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA. tingxu@berkeley.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-2831-2095
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory · USUniversity of Birmingham · GBUniversity of California, Berkeley · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Orthogonal to guided growth of nanoparticle (NP) crystals using DNA or supramolecules, a trace amount of polymeric impurities (<0.1 wt.%) leads to reproducible, rapid growth of 3D NP crystals in solution and on patterned substrates with high yield. When polymers preferentially precipitate on the NP surfaces, small NP clusters form and serve as nuclei for NP crystal growth in dilute solutions. This precipitation-induced NP crystallization process is applicable for a range of polymers, and the resultant 3-D NP crystals are tunable by varying polymeric additives loading, solvent evaporation rate, and NP size. The present study elucidates how to balance cohesive energy density and NP diffusivity to simultaneously favor nuclei formation energetically and kinetic growth in dilute solutions to rapidly crystalize NPs over multiple length scales. Furthermore, the amount of impurities needed to grow NP crystals (<0.1%) reminds us the importance of fine details to interpret experimental observations in nanoscience.

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