A general strategy for assembling nanoparticles in one dimension.
Alignment of 1D assemblies of a wide variety of nanoparticles (e.g., metal, metal oxide, semiconductor quantum dots, or organic microspheres) in one direction upon diverse substrates (including industrial silicon wafers and transparent glass plates) by a general strategy is demonstrated. This sandwich method provides an efficient way of rapidly and precisely assembling nanoparticles on a large scale (up to 10 cm × 10 cm) for device applications.
Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Key Laboratory of Organic Solids, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences (ICCAS), Beijing, 100190, P. R. China.
Bin
B
Su
Cong
C
Zhang
Shuoran
S
Chen
Xingye
X
Zhang
Linfeng
L
Chen
Yuchen
Y
Wu
Yiwen
Y
Nie
Xiaonan
X
Kan
Yanlin
Y
Song
Lei
L
Jiang
1D assembly; linear nanostructures; liquid films; micropillars; nanoparticles