title: Self-organized ultrathin oxide nanocrystals.
abstract: Sub-2-nm (down to one-unit cell) uniform oxide nanocrystals and highly ordered superstructures were obtained in one step using oleylamine and oleic acid as capping and structure directing agents. The cooperative nature of the nanocrystal growth and assembly resulted in mesoscopic one-dimensional ribbon-like superstructures made of these ultrathin nanocrystals. The process reported here is general and can be readily extended to the production of many other transition metal (TiO2, ZnO, Nb2O5) and rare earth oxide (Eu2O3, Sm2O3, Er2O3, Y2O3, Tb2O3, and Yb2O3) systems.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, USA.
authors.forename: Ziyang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Huo
authors.forename: Chia-Kuang
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tsung
authors.forename: Wenyu
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fardy
authors.forename: Ruoxue
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Xiaofeng
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yadong
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Peidong
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Yang