Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yingwei Li, Meng Zhou, Yongbo Song, Tatsuya Higaki, He Wang, Rongchao Jin
Summary: DNA has long been used as a template for constructing helical assemblies of inorganic nanoparticles, but achieving helices without biological ligands is challenging. Atomically precise nanoclusters protected by ligands demonstrate hierarchical structural complexity, similar to biomolecules. The newly synthesized homodimeric and heterodimeric gold nanoclusters self-assemble into superstructures, with heterodimeric clusters forming more complex helical superstructures driven by van der Waals interactions. The surrounding ligands on the clusters contribute to the assembly through paired steric interactions.
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Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xuan Li, Lei Chen, Yuan Ma, Ding Weng, Zhaoxin Li, Lele Song, Xuanhe Zhang, Guoxu Yu, Jiadao Wang
Summary: A surface tension gradient-driven self-assembly strategy is proposed for the ultrafast fabrication of large-area colloidal crystals, and an ultrafast nanoparticle transfer printing method is proposed for the conversion of close-packed nanoparticle monolayers into large-area conformal micropatterns. These methods show great potential for academic and real industrial applications.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Pierre Moritz, Antoine Gonon, Thomas Blon, Nicolas Ratel-Ramond, Fabrice Mathieu, Pierre Farger, Juan-Manuel Asensio-Revert, Simon Cayez, David Bourrier, Daisuke Saya, Liviu Nicu, Guillaume Viau, Thierry Leichle, Lise-Marie Lacroix
Summary: This study presents a versatile approach for the fabrication and direct integration of nanostructured magnetic materials onto silicon substrates, using magnetophoresis-assisted capillary assembly to create high-performance magnets and supercrystals. Sub-millimeter and self-standing magnets with magnetic properties comparable to NdFeB-based composites were obtained through this cost- and time-efficient process. The proof-of-concept of electromagnetically actuating a MEMS cantilever with these supercrystals highlights their potential as efficient integrated magnetic materials in portable devices.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jahar Dey, Sang-Jo Lee, Jiwhan Kim, Sung-Hwan Lim, Jae-Min Ha, Min-Jae Lee, Sung-Min Choi
Summary: This study introduces a method for forming nanoparticle supercrystals driven by covalent bonding interactions, which provide stronger structural stability compared to traditional intermolecular forces. The versatility and cost-effectiveness of the covalent bonding approach make it highly practical for various applications.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Igor Coropceanu, Eric M. Janke, Joshua Portner, Danny Haubold, Trung Dac Nguyen, Avishek Das, Christian P. N. Tanner, James K. Utterback, Samuel W. Teitelbaum, Margaret H. Hudson, Nivedina A. Sarma, Alex M. Hinkle, Christopher J. Tassone, Alexander Eychmuller, David T. Limmer, Monica Olvera de la Cruz, Naomi S. Ginsberg, Dmitri Talapin
Summary: Colloidal nanocrystals can self-assemble into supercrystals with strong electronic coupling by using conductive inorganic ligands. The development of collective electronic states in ordered nanocrystal assemblies is hindered by insulating organic surface ligands.
Article
Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
Florian Schulz, Holger Lange
Summary: Periodic arrangements of plasmonic nanoparticles in supercrystals exhibit strong light-matter interaction. This study analyzes experimental data to investigate the reproducibility and tunability of gap sizes in relation to the particle diameter and molecular weight of stabilizing ligands. Different behaviors of polystyrene-based ligands are observed depending on their molecular weight, leading to important consequences for the correlation between nanoparticle diameter and resulting gaps in supercrystals. An alternative volume-based approach is proposed for predicting gap sizes in larger nanoparticles, which provides robust guidelines for achieving gaps below 5 nm for enhanced light-matter coupling.
ADVANCED OPTICAL MATERIALS
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Hideyuki Mitomo, Kuniharu Ijiro
Summary: The review discusses recent advances in the fabrication of metal nanostructures via self-assembly, focusing on complex structures and their potential applications in the fields of nanoscience and nanotechnology.
BULLETIN OF THE CHEMICAL SOCIETY OF JAPAN
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Daniel Garcia-Lojo, Evgeny Modin, Sergio Gomez-Grana, Marianne Imperor-Clerc, Andrey Chuvilin, Isabel Pastoriza-Santos, Jorge Perez-Juste, Doru Constantin, Cyrille Hamon
Summary: This study analyzes the organization of gold octahedra into supercrystals within microfluidic channels using X-ray scattering techniques and FIB-SEM tomography. The results show the formation of a single-domain supercrystal with long-range order, suggesting a growth mechanism directed by the channel interface. Time-resolved small angle X-ray scattering analysis reveals the accumulation of nanoparticles within the channel before nucleation and growth of the supercrystal.
ADVANCED FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS
(2021)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Weifeng Lin, Yingchun Yang, Yang Lei, Feifei An, Leming Sun, Yong Qin, Lianbing Zhang
Summary: The self-assembly of nonfluorescent peptides can generate fluorescent peptide nanoparticles for drug delivery and therapeutic agent tracking. A study demonstrated the self-assembly of the antitumor dipeptide carnosine into fluorescent carnosine nanoparticles in the presence of zinc ions, showing biocompatibility and fluorescence tracing ability.
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2021)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Claire Goldmann, Wajdi Chaabani, Claire Hotton, Marianne Imperor-Clerc, Adrien Moncomble, Doru Constantin, Damien Alloyeau, Cyrille Hamon
Summary: Depletion-induced self-assembly is used to assemble gold triangles and silver nanorods into 3D and 2D hexagonal lattices, respectively. Under confinement, the affinity of the nanoparticles for the liquid cell windows reduces their ability to stack perpendicularly to the membrane, resulting in lower-dimensional supercrystals. Extended beam irradiation leads to disassembly of the lattices, with the desorption kinetics of the nanoparticles playing a key role in the structural properties of supercrystals in the liquid-cell. The reconfigurability of nanoparticle superlattices obtained by depletion-induced self-assembly is revealed.
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dan Zhao, Wang Zhang, Zhi-Zhou Chen
Summary: The study investigates the viscoelastic properties of two semiconductor nanoparticles CdS@GSH and PbS@GSH in hydrogel systems. The results show that CdS@GSH exhibits stronger viscoelastic properties compared to PbS@GSH, with smaller nanoparticles forming stiffer hydrogels. The PbS@GSH hydrogel system is influenced by changes in nanoparticle concentrations and pH value, with higher water proportion leading to greater mechanical properties and higher alkalinity resulting in increased hardness and storage modulus. Increasing the pH value of the PbS@GSH hydrogel system enhances viscoelastic properties by dissociating surface GSH molecules to form Pb2+ and GSH complexes.
FRONTIERS IN CHEMISTRY
(2022)
Review
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Ling Bai, Ning Wang, Yuliang Li
Summary: Organic semiconductors (OSs) are currently utilized as active components in various practical devices, with design strategies combining organic synthetic chemistry and supramolecular assembly technology playing a crucial role in the development of a new generation of multiscale OSs. These strategies aim to satisfy the requirements of different devices by controlling the morphology and properties of multiscale OS components from nanometers to macroscopic micrometers. Various design strategies have been comprehensively reviewed, with discussions on applications in practical devices and future research directions.
ADVANCED MATERIALS
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Beibei Wang, Bangqi Yin, Zhao Zhang, Yixuan Yin, Yang Yang, Haiqiao Wang, Thomas P. Russell, Shaowei Shi
Summary: By using the interactions between nanoparticles and polymeric ligands, nanoparticle surfactants can be generated at the liquid-liquid interface, increasing the binding energy. Through a simplified model, it is found that competitive ligands can reduce the binding energy, leading to the dissociation and disassembly of the surfactants at the interface and allowing the construction of responsive and reconfigurable all-liquid systems.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Dan Meng, Chen Li, Changlong Hao, Wenxiong Shi, Jun Xu, Maozhong Sun, Hua Kuang, Chuanlai Xu, Liguang Xu
Summary: In this study, chiral selenium nanoparticles were synthesized using cysteine and the interfacial assembly strategy, leading to the generation of self-assembled nanomembranes with controllable morphology and handedness on a large scale. The nanomembranes demonstrated ultrasensitive recognition of enantioselective kynurenine (Kyn) and could accurately distinguish L-Kyn in serum and cerebrospinal fluid samples from Alzheimer's disease patients and healthy subjects.
ANGEWANDTE CHEMIE-INTERNATIONAL EDITION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Applied
Huimin Chen, Tianrui Zhang, Yongqi Tian, Lijun You, Yan Huang, Shaoyun Wang
Summary: This study provides insights into the mechanism of peptide gelation, offering a way to control self-assembly behaviors and achieve a variety of nanostructures. The peptide assembly process involves five stages and is highly influenced by the charging status of terminal groups. Additionally, the successful loading of curcumin into different self-assembly nanostructures demonstrates high encapsulation efficiency and effective protection.
FOOD HYDROCOLLOIDS
(2022)
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Ziye Tang, Xiaopeng Xu, Ruipeng Li, Liyang Yu, Lei Meng, Yuliang Wang, Ying Li, Qiang Peng
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Lingyao Meng, J. Matthew D. Lane, Luke Baca, Jackie Tafoya, Tommy Ao, Brian Stoltzfus, Marcus Knudson, Dane Morgan, Kevin Austin, Changyong Park, Paul Chow, Yuming Xiao, Ruipeng Li, Yang Qin, Hongyou Fan
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2020)
Article
Polymer Science
Benjamin M. Yavitt, Huafeng Fei, Gayathri Kopanati, Ruipeng Li, Masafumi Fukuto, H. Henning Winter, James J. Watkins
Article
Nanoscience & Nanotechnology
Siyuan Zhang, Ming-Chun Tang, Yuanyuan Fan, Ruipeng Li, Nhan Nguyen, Kui Zhao, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Christina A. Hacker
ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES
(2020)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Yen-Hung Lin, Wentao Huang, Pichaya Pattanasattayavong, Jongchul Lim, Ruipeng Li, Nobuya Sakai, Julianna Panidi, Min Ji Hong, Chun Ma, Nini Wei, Nimer Wehbe, Zhuping Fei, Martin Heeney, John G. Labram, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Henry J. Snaith
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Polymer Science
Naisheng Jiang, Jianxia Chen, Tianyi Yu, Albert Chao, Liying Kang, Ying Wu, Kangmin Niu, Ruipeng Li, Masafumi Fukuto, Donghui Zhang
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Noor Titan Putri Hartono, Janak Thapa, Armi Tiihonen, Felipe Oviedo, Clio Batali, Jason J. Yoo, Zhe Liu, Ruipeng Li, David Fuertes Marron, Moungi G. Bawendi, Tonio Buonassisi, Shijing Sun
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Marcus M. Noack, Gregory S. Doerk, Ruipeng Li, Jason K. Streit, Richard A. Vaia, Kevin G. Yager, Masafumi Fukuto
SCIENTIFIC REPORTS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Physical
Juanita Hidalgo, Carlo A. R. Perini, Andres-Felipe Castro-Mendez, Dennis Jones, Hans Koebler, Barry Lai, Ruipeng Li, Shijing Sun, Antonio Abate, Juan-Pablo Correa-Baena
ACS ENERGY LETTERS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Daniel F. Sunday, Moshe Dolejsi, Alice B. Chang, Lee J. Richter, Ruipeng Li, R. Joseph Kline, Paul F. Nealey, Robert H. Grubbs
Article
Polymer Science
Thumawadee Wongwirat, Zhiwen Zhu, Guanchun Rui, Ruipeng Li, Pitak Laoratanakul, Hezhi He, Hathaikarn Manuspiya, Lei Zhu
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Energy & Fuels
Dounya Barrit, Yalan Zhang, Tinghuan Yang, Ming-Chun Tang, Ruipeng Li, Detlef-M. Smilgies, Shengzhong (Frank) Liu, Thomas D. Anthopoulos, Aram Amassian, Kui Zhao
Summary: The study suggests that solvation of the lead halide precursor phases, together with bromide incorporation, can significantly improve the microstructure, morphology, and optoelectronic properties of the inorganic-organic hybrid perovskite films.
Article
Physics, Multidisciplinary
Bing-Xiang Li, Yuriy A. Nastishin, Hao Wang, Min Gao, Sathyanarayana Paladugu, Ruipeng Li, Masafumi Fukuto, Quan Li, Sergij Shiyanovskii, Oleg D. Lavrentovich
PHYSICAL REVIEW RESEARCH
(2020)
Correction
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Noor Titan Putri Hartono, Janak Thapa, Armi Tiihonen, Felipe Oviedo, Clio Batali, Jason J. Yoo, Zhe Liu, Ruipeng Li, David Fuertes Marron, Moungi G. Bawendi, Tonio Buonassisi, Shijing Sun
NATURE COMMUNICATIONS
(2020)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Xiaopeng Xu, Liyang Yu, He Yan, Ruipeng Li, Qiang Peng
ENERGY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
(2020)