Atomic Alignment in PbS Nanocrystal Superlattices with Compact Inorganic Ligands via Reversible Oriented Attachment of Nanocrystals
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| author | Jeong, Ahhyun Singh, Aditya N. Portner, Josh Zhang, Xiaoben Rezaie, Saghar Ondry, Justin C. Zhou, Zirui Chen, Junhong Kim, Ye Ji Schaller, Richard D. Tazoui, Youssef Mi, Zehan Yazdi, Sadegh Limmer, David T. Talapin, Dmitri V. |
| author_facet | Jeong, Ahhyun Singh, Aditya N. Portner, Josh Zhang, Xiaoben Rezaie, Saghar Ondry, Justin C. Zhou, Zirui Chen, Junhong Kim, Ye Ji Schaller, Richard D. Tazoui, Youssef Mi, Zehan Yazdi, Sadegh Limmer, David T. Talapin, Dmitri V. |
| contents | Nanocrystals (NCs) serve as versatile building blocks for the creation of functional materials, with NC self-assembly offering opportunities to enable novel material properties. Here, we demonstrate that PbS NCs functionalized with strongly negatively charged metal chalcogenide complex (MCC) ligands, such as $Sn_2S_6^{4-}$ and $AsS_4^{3-}$, can self-assemble into all-inorganic superlattices with both long-range superlattice translational and atomic-lattice orientational order. Structural characterizations reveal that the NCs adopt unexpected edge-to-edge alignment, and numerical simulation clarifies that orientational order is thermodynamically stabilized by many-body ion correlations originating from the dense electrolyte. Furthermore, we show that the superlattices of $Sn_2S_6^{4-}$-functionalized PbS NCs can be fully disassembled back into the colloidal state, which is highly unusual for orientationally attached superlattices with atomic-lattice alignment. The reversible oriented attachment of NCs, enabling their dynamic assembly and disassembly into effectively single-crystalline superstructures, offers a pathway toward designing reconfigurable materials with adaptive and controllable electronic and optoelectronic properties. |
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| spellingShingle | Atomic Alignment in PbS Nanocrystal Superlattices with Compact Inorganic Ligands via Reversible Oriented Attachment of Nanocrystals Jeong, Ahhyun Singh, Aditya N. Portner, Josh Zhang, Xiaoben Rezaie, Saghar Ondry, Justin C. Zhou, Zirui Chen, Junhong Kim, Ye Ji Schaller, Richard D. Tazoui, Youssef Mi, Zehan Yazdi, Sadegh Limmer, David T. Talapin, Dmitri V. Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Chemical Physics Nanocrystals (NCs) serve as versatile building blocks for the creation of functional materials, with NC self-assembly offering opportunities to enable novel material properties. Here, we demonstrate that PbS NCs functionalized with strongly negatively charged metal chalcogenide complex (MCC) ligands, such as $Sn_2S_6^{4-}$ and $AsS_4^{3-}$, can self-assemble into all-inorganic superlattices with both long-range superlattice translational and atomic-lattice orientational order. Structural characterizations reveal that the NCs adopt unexpected edge-to-edge alignment, and numerical simulation clarifies that orientational order is thermodynamically stabilized by many-body ion correlations originating from the dense electrolyte. Furthermore, we show that the superlattices of $Sn_2S_6^{4-}$-functionalized PbS NCs can be fully disassembled back into the colloidal state, which is highly unusual for orientationally attached superlattices with atomic-lattice alignment. The reversible oriented attachment of NCs, enabling their dynamic assembly and disassembly into effectively single-crystalline superstructures, offers a pathway toward designing reconfigurable materials with adaptive and controllable electronic and optoelectronic properties. |
| title | Atomic Alignment in PbS Nanocrystal Superlattices with Compact Inorganic Ligands via Reversible Oriented Attachment of Nanocrystals |
| topic | Materials Science Soft Condensed Matter Statistical Mechanics Chemical Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.12214 |