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ArticleNature communications2021

Quantitative 3D real-space analysis of Laves phase supraparticles.

Da Wang, Ernest B van der Wee, Daniele Zanaga, Thomas Altantzis, Yaoting Wu, Tonnishtha Dasgupta, Marjolein Dijkstra, Christopher B Murray, Sara Bals, Alfons van Blaaderen

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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 7 papers.

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10 authors.

Da Wang *Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. dawangcolloid@gmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7115-5067
Ernest B van der Wee *Soft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0139-4019
Daniele ZanagaElectron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
Thomas AltantzisElectron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4940-7931
Yaoting WuDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Tonnishtha DasguptaSoft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8498-8658
Marjolein DijkstraSoft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9166-6478
Christopher B MurrayDepartment of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Sara BalsElectron Microscopy for Materials Science (EMAT), University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4249-8017
Alfons van BlaaderenSoft Condensed Matter, Debye Institute for Nanomaterials Science, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands. a.vanblaaderen@uu.nl.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3090-2753

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Assembling binary mixtures of nanoparticles into crystals, gives rise to collective properties depending on the crystal structure and the individual properties of both species. However, quantitative 3D real-space analysis of binary colloidal crystals with a thickness of more than 10 layers of particles has rarely been performed. Here we demonstrate that an excess of one species in the binary nanoparticle mixture suppresses the formation of icosahedral order in the self-assembly in droplets, allowing the study of bulk-like binary crystal structures with a spherical morphology also called supraparticles. As example of the approach, we show single-particle level analysis of over 50 layers of Laves phase binary crystals of hard-sphere-like nanoparticles using electron tomography. We observe a crystalline lattice composed of a random mixture of the Laves phases. The number ratio of the binary species in the crystal lattice matches that of a perfect Laves crystal. Our methodology can be applied to study the structure of a broad range of binary crystals, giving insights into the structure formation mechanisms and structure-property relations of nanomaterials.

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