Colloidal quantum dots (QDs) are nanoscale semiconductor crystals with surface ligands
that enable their dispersion in solvents. Quantum confinement effects facilitate wave function …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

Nanoparticles exist far from the equilibrium state due to their high surface energy.
Nanoparticles are therefore extremely unstable and easily change themselves or react with …

Controlling the structure of colloidal nanocrystals (NCs) is key to the generation of their
complex functionality. This requires an understanding of the NC surface at the atomic level …

The spontaneous organization of multicomponent micrometre-sized colloids or nanocrystals
into superlattices is of scientific importance for understanding the assembly process on the …

Icosahedral symmetry, which is not compatible with truly long-range order, can be found in
many systems, such as liquids, glasses, atomic clusters, quasicrystals and virus …

The chemistry, material processing and fundamental understanding of colloidal
semiconductor nanocrystals (quantum dots) are advancing at an astounding rate, bringing …

Oriented attachment of synthetic semiconductor nanocrystals is emerging as a route for
obtaining new semiconductors that can have Dirac-type electronic bands such as graphene …

The self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles has made it possible to bridge the nanoscopic
and macroscopic worlds and to make complex nanostructures. The nanoparticle-mediated …

Self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles has been used to prepare hundreds of different
colloidal crystals, but almost invariably with the restriction that the particles must be densely …