Pseudomorphic amorphization of three-dimensional superlattices through morphological transformation of nanocrystal building blocks.

ABSTRACT: Nanocrystal (NC) superlattices (SLs) have been widely studied as a new class of functional mesoscopic materials with collective physical properties. The arrangement of NCs in SLs governs the collective properties of SLs, and thus investigations of phenomena that can change the assembly of NC constituents are important. In this study, we investigated the dynamic evolution of NC arrangements in three-dimensional (3D) SLs, specifically the morphological transformation of NC constituents during the direct liquid-phase synthesis of 3D NC SLs. Electron microscopy and synchrotron-based in situ small angle X-ray scattering experiments revealed that the transformation of spherical Cu₂S NCs in face-centred-cubic 3D NC SLs into anisotropic disk-shaped NCs collapsed the original orde

SUBMITTER: Saruyama M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10866345 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature