Nanocrystals Assembling Into Ordered 'Superlattices' (IMAGE)

DOE/SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

Nanocrystals Assembling Into Ordered 'Superlattices'

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An illustration shows nanocrystals assembling into ordered 'superlattices' -- a process that a SLAC/Stanford team was able to observe in real time with X-rays from the Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource (SSRL). They discovered that this assembly takes just a few seconds when carried out in hot solutions. The results open the door for rapid self-assembly of nanocrystal building blocks into complex structures with applications in optoelectronics, solar cells, catalysis and magnetic materials.

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Greg/StewartSLAC National Accelerator Laboratory

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