Self-assembly of colloidal nanoparticles (NPs) into superstructures offers a flexible and
promising pathway to manipulate the nanometer-sized particles and thus make full use of …

X-ray scattering is a structural characterization tool that has impacted diverse fields of study.
It is unique in its ability to examine materials in real time and under realistic sample …

Crystal phase, an intrinsic characteristic of crystalline materials, is one of the key parameters
to determine their physicochemical properties. Recently, great progress has been made in …

Mesocrystals are a fascinating class of crystalline nanostructured materials since they
combine the properties of nanoparticles with order on the microscopic or even macroscopic …

Conspectus Mesocrystals, which originally was a term to designate superstructures of
nanocrystals with a common crystallographic orientation, have now evolved to a materials …

Epitaxially fused colloidal quantum dot (QD) superlattices (epi-SLs) may enable a new class
of semiconductors that combine the size-tunable photophysics of QDs with bulk-like …

In this review, we briefly summarize the history of mesocrystal research. We introduce the
current structural definition of mesocrystals and discuss the appropriate base for the …

Large scale three-dimensional supercrystals were grown by controlling evaporation of
truncate PbS nanocrystal (NC) dispersed hexane suspensions. Electron microscopy …

Self-assembly of nanocrystals into functional materials requires precise control over
nanoparticle interactions in solution that are dominated by organic ligands that densely …

Hierarchical TiO2 superstructures with desired architectures and intriguing physico-chemical
properties are considered to be one of the most promising candidates for solving the serious …