Nanoparticle Assembly: Revealing Driving Forces in Quantum Dot Supercrystal Assembly (Adv. Mater. 43/2018)

Abstract

Abstract The assembly of nanocrystals into ordered supercrystals promises cheap fabrication of high‐quality optoelectronic devices, but remains challenging. In article number 1803433, Peter Schall and co‐workers unravel the kinetic detail of supercrystal assembly by in situ X‐ray scattering. Supercrystals consisting of CdSe nanocrystals with ligands are illustrated, which diffract the incident X‐ray beam to reveal crucial structural and thermodynamic information about the supercrystal's nucleation and growth.