Ordering in Polymer Micelle-Directed Assemblies of Colloidal Nanocrystals

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• 作者：Gary K. Ong ; Teresa E. Williams ; Ajay Singh ; Eric Schaible ; Brett A. Helms ; Delia J. Milliron
• 刊名：Nano Letters
• 出版年：2015
• 出版时间：December 9, 2015
• 年：2015
• 卷：15
• 期：12
• 页码：8240-8244
• 全文大小：398K
• ISSN：1530-6992

文摘

Assembly of presynthesized nanocrystals by block copolymer micelles can be rationalized by the incorporation of nanocrystals into micellar coronas of constant width. As determined by quantitative analysis using small-angle X-ray scattering, high loading of small nanocrystals yields composites exhibiting order on two length scales, whereas intermediate loading of nanocrystals larger than the coronal width produces single nanocrystal networks. The resulting structures obey expectations of thermodynamically driven assembly on the nanocrystal length scale, whereas kinetically frozen packing principles dictate order on the polymer micelle length scale.