Nature Communications (Jun 2018)

Interplay between spherical confinement and particle shape on the self-assembly of rounded cubes

  • Da Wang,
  • Michiel Hermes,
  • Ramakrishna Kotni,
  • Yaoting Wu,
  • Nikos Tasios,
  • Yang Liu,
  • Bart de Nijs,
  • Ernest B. van der Wee,
  • Christopher B. Murray,
  • Marjolein Dijkstra,
  • Alfons van Blaaderen

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04644-4
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 9, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Colloidal nanoparticles self-assembled under spherical confinement can form a rich variety of structures. Here, the authors study the self-assembly of sharp and rounded nanocubes under such confinement, revealing the influence of particle and face geometry on positional and orientational behavior.