Elena V. Shevchenko, Dmitri V. Talapin, et al.
JACS
We demonstate the self-organization of CdSe nanorods into nematic, smectic, and crystalline solids. Layered colloidal crystals of CdSe nanorods grow by slow destabilisation of a nanocrystal solution upon allowing the diffusion of a nonsolvent into the colloidal solution of nanocrystals. The colloidal crystals of nanorods show characteristic birefringence, which we assign to specific spherulite-like texture of each nanorod assembly. To demonstrate the general character of nanorod self-assembly technique, CdSe/CdS heterostructure nanorods were organized into highly luminescent superlattices.
Elena V. Shevchenko, Dmitri V. Talapin, et al.
JACS
Jeffrey J. Urban, Dmitri V. Talapin, et al.
JACS
Dmitri V. Talapin, Elena V. Shevchenko, et al.
Nano Letters
Dmitri V. Talapin, Charles T. Black, et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry C