Self-shaping of curved structures, especially those involving flexible thin layers, is attracting
increasing attention because of their broad potential applications in, eg …

Ordered assemblies of inorganic nanoparticles (NPs) have shown tremendous potential for
wide applications due to their unique collective properties, which differ from those of …

Free‐standing 2D nanoassemblies are ultrathin nanomembranes or nanosheets
constructed from constituent nanoscale building blocks including metal nanoparticles …

Non-iridescent structural color films and pigments with novel enhanced microwave
absorption characteristics are successfully fabricated at room temperature for the first time …

The rapid development in nanotechnology has necessitated accurate and efficient assembly
strategies for nanomaterials. Monolayer assembly of nanomaterials (MAN) represents a …

Plasmonic nanostructures are important building blocks in modern nanoscience and
nanotechnology. Significant research efforts have been directed toward developing solution …

We report the results of cross-linking of two-dimensional gold nanoparticle (Au-NP)
assemblies at the air–water interface in situ. We introduce an aqueous soluble ruthenium …

Artificial materials from the self‐assembly of magnetic nanoparticles exhibit extraordinary
collective properties; however, to date, the contribution of nanoscale magnetism to the …

Colloidal quantum wells, or nanoplatelets, exhibit large, circularly polarized optical Stark
effects under sub-band-gap femtosecond illumination. The optical Stark effect is measured …

Monolayers composed of colloidal nanoparticles, with a thickness of less than 10 nm, have
remarkable mechanical moduli and can suspend over micrometer-sized holes to form free …