Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions

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 aligne...

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Main Authors: Evan K. Wujcik, Stephanie R. Aceto, Radha Narayanan, Arijit Bose
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Nanomaterials
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9575839
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spelling doaj-099b8f414b50427d9ef65fde7056a5582020-11-25T00:11:36ZengHindawi LimitedJournal of Nanomaterials1687-41101687-41292016-01-01201610.1155/2016/95758399575839Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and DimensionsEvan K. Wujcik0Stephanie R. Aceto1Radha Narayanan2Arijit Bose3Materials Engineering And Nanosensor (MEAN) Laboratory, Dan F. Smith Department of Chemical Engineering, Lamar University, P.O. Box 10053, Beaumont, TX, USALaboratory of Soft Colloids & Interfaces, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USADepartment of Chemistry, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USALaboratory of Soft Colloids & Interfaces, Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI 02881, USAA 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.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9575839
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author Evan K. Wujcik
Stephanie R. Aceto
Radha Narayanan
Arijit Bose
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Stephanie R. Aceto
Radha Narayanan
Arijit Bose
Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions
Journal of Nanomaterials
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Stephanie R. Aceto
Radha Narayanan
Arijit Bose
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title Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions
title_short Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions
title_full Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions
title_fullStr Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions
title_full_unstemmed Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions
title_sort lead selenide nanostructures self-assembled across multiple length scales and dimensions
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Journal of Nanomaterials
issn 1687-4110
1687-4129
publishDate 2016-01-01
description 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.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/9575839
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