Document Type
Article
Date of Original Version
2016
Department
Chemistry
Abstract
A self-assembly approach to lead selenide (PbSe) structures that have organized across multiple length scales and multiple dimensions has been achieved. These structures consist of angstrom-scale 0D PbSe crystals, synthesized via a hot solution process, which have stacked into 1D nanorods via aligned dipoles. These 1D nanorods have arranged into nanoscale 2D sheets via directional short-ranged attraction. The nanoscale 2D sheets then further aligned into larger 2D microscale planes. In this study, the authors have characterized the PbSe structures via normal and cryo-TEM and EDX showing that this multiscale multidimensional self-assembled alignment is not due to drying effects. These PbSe structures hold promise for applications in advanced materials—particularly electronic technologies, where alignment can aid in device performance.
Citation/Publisher Attribution
Evan K. Wujcik, Stephanie R. Aceto, Radha Narayanan, and Arijit Bose, “Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions,” Journal of Nanomaterials, vol. 2016, Article ID 9575839, 6 pages, 2016. https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9575839
Available at: https://doi.org/10.1155/2016/9575839
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