NSLS-II Friday Lunchtime Seminar

"Self-assembly of anisotropic nanocrystals from crystalline to quasicrystalline structures"

Presented by Ou Chen, Brown University, Rhode Island

Friday, May 10, 2019, 12:00 pm — NSLS-II Bldg. 743 Room 156

Anisotropic nanocrystals with defined composition, shape and surface patchiness represent a unique class of building objects for constructing high-order architectural nanomaterials. When utilized in assembly, anisotropic nanocrystals can display strong asymmetric interactions induced by the patchiness that may complicate the formation of ordered structures compared to the assemblies of isotropic building blocks. In this talk, I will use several types of anisotropic 'patchy' nanocrystals as examples to demonstrate how they assemble into the unprecedented superstructures through the directional interactions among the building blocks under an enthalpy-driven condition. Both translational periodicities and orientational ordering of the final superstructural materials will be discussed. The dominating driving forces lead to the obtained architectures will be identified through molecular dynamics computer simulations and experimental results.

Hosted by: Ignace Jarrige

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