2013
DOI: 10.1021/nl400084k
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Correlating Superlattice Polymorphs to Internanoparticle Distance, Packing Density, and Surface Lattice in Assemblies of PbS Nanoparticles

Abstract: Assemblies of 3.5 nm PbS nanoparticles (NPs) nucleate in three dominant superlattice polymorphs: amorphous, body-centered-cubic (bcc) and face-centered-cubic (fcc) phase. This superlattice relationship can be controlled by the inter-NP distance without changing the NP size. Upon increase of inter-NP distance, the packing density decreases, and the capping molecules at NP surfaces change in structure and accordingly modify the surface energy. The driving force for NP assembly develops from an entropic maximizat… Show more

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“…Thus, disassembly occurs presumably because of an entropic driving force. As shown in Table 1, the ΔH x values of all three superlattices are on the order of 2 kJ/mol of NCs, comparable to the energy of van der Waals interactions (23,25,26). The bcc superlattice has the highest ΔH x and thus is energetically the most stable.…”
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confidence: 87%
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“…Thus, disassembly occurs presumably because of an entropic driving force. As shown in Table 1, the ΔH x values of all three superlattices are on the order of 2 kJ/mol of NCs, comparable to the energy of van der Waals interactions (23,25,26). The bcc superlattice has the highest ΔH x and thus is energetically the most stable.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 87%
“…( Fig. S4), suggesting good translational coherence and large domains of nucleated supercrystals (22,23).…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 98%
“…Optimized photovoltaics require precise control over the optical properties, transport properties, and chemical potential of the semiconductor active layer, 3 and despite the disorder and heterogeneity present within nanocrystal films, the effective medium properties can be approximated as uniform when the length scale of interest is much larger than that of the nanoscale variations. 4 The optical properties of a nanocrystal film, including permittivity, absorption coefficient and bandgap, are dramatically altered with nanocrystal size and capping ligand. 5−8 Quantitative understanding of the size dependent optical properties of individual nanocrystals has emerged from the ability to synthesize samples of high monodispersity in solution.…”
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“…The latter superlattice transformation does not involve significant rotation and tilting of NCs. Instead, NCs simply chase the well-known Bain deformation route 12 Conclusion. In summary, through controlling the solvent evaporation, we have grown large single supercrystal grains from Pt NC suspensions in hexane.…”
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