title: Assembly of shape-controlled nanocrystals by depletion attraction.
abstract: Recently (Baranov et al., Nano Lett., 2010, 10, 743) we demonstrated that depletion attraction between semiconductor nanorods in solution can be employed for both their self-assembly and their separation from spherical nanoparticles. Here we show that depletion attraction can be used to fabricate binary superlattices of nanorods and 3D networks of octapod/tetrapod-shaped nanocrystals.
authors.affiliation: Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Via Morego 30, 16163 Genova, Italy.
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zanella
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bertoni
authors.forename: Isabella R
authors.initials: IR
authors.lastname: Franchini
authors.forename: Rosaria
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brescia
authors.forename: Dmitry
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Baranov
authors.forename: Liberato
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Manna
mesh_terms: D019187:Cadmium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry; D049329:Nanostructures / Q000737:chemistry*; D010316:Particle Size; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012666:Semiconductors; D012996:Solutions; D013440:Sulfides / Q000737:chemistry; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D019187:Cadmium Compounds; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D012996:Solutions; D013440:Sulfides; C034939:cadmium sulfide; D003300:Copper; C058667:cadmium selenide; C017846:cupric sulfide