Assessing the relevance of building block crystallinity for tuning the stiffness of gold nanocrystal superlattices

Nanoscale. 2013 Oct 21;5(20):9523-7. doi: 10.1039/c3nr03335j.

Abstract

We study the influence of the size and nanocrystallinity of dodecanethiol-coated gold nanocrystals (NCs) on the stiffness of 3D self-assembled NC superlattices (called supracrystals). Using single domain and polycrystalline NCs as building blocks for supracrystals, it is shown that the stiffness of supracrystals can be tuned upon change in relative amounts of single and polycrystalline NCs.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't