Structural order enhances charge carrier transport in self-assembled Au-nanoclusters.

ABSTRACT: The collective properties of self-assembled nanoparticles with long-range order bear immense potential for customized electronic materials by design. However, to mitigate the shortcoming of the finite-size distribution of nanoparticles and thus, the inherent energetic disorder within assemblies, atomically precise nanoclusters are the most promising building blocks. We report an easy and broadly applicable method for the controlled self-assembly of atomically precise Au₃₂(ⁿBu₃P)₁₂Cl₈ nanoclusters into micro-crystals. This enables the determination of emergent optoelectronic properties which resulted from long-range order in such assemblies. Compared to the same nanoclusters in glassy, polycrystalline ensembles, we find a 100-fold incre

SUBMITTER: Fetzer F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7713068 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature