Gold nanorods (NRs), pseudo-one-dimensional rod-shaped nanoparticles (NPs), have
become one of the burgeoning materials in the recent years due to their anisotropic shape …

The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their
enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of …

Coulombic interactions can be used to assemble charged nanoparticles into higher-order
structures, but the process requires oppositely charged partners that are similarly sized. The …

This review describes the latest advances in the synthesis and assembly of specific colloids
such as the colloidal molecules as defined by van Blaaderen in 2003 and the patchy …

The science of self-assembly has undergone a radical shift from asking questions about why
individual components self-organize into ordered structures, to manipulating the resultant …

Three-dimensional mesoscale clusters that are formed from nanoparticles spatially arranged
in pre-determined positions can be thought of as mesoscale analogues of molecules. These …

Nanoparticle assembly offers a versatile tool for constructing new structural materials with
emergent or collective properties beyond individual nanoparticles. The achievement of …

Anisotropic nanoparticles are powerful building blocks for materials engineering. Unusual
properties emerge with added anisotropy often to an extraordinary degree enabling …

Conspectus Current interest in nanoparticle ensembles is motivated by their collective
synergetic properties that are distinct from or better than those of individual nanoparticles …

Synthesizing patchy particles with predictive control over patch size, shape, placement and
number has been highly sought-after for nanoparticle assembly research, but is fraught with …