Topologically Close‐Packed Frank‐Kasper C15 Phase Intermetallic Ir Alloy Electrocatalysts Enables High‐Performance Proton Exchange Membrane Water …

Z Qin, J Li, Q Wu, N Sathishkumar, X Liu… - Advanced …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Chemical synthesis of unconventional topologically close‐packed intermetallic nanocrystals
(NCs) remains a considerable challenge due to the limitation of large volume asymmetry …

Mesoatomic Engineering for Programmable Spherical Packing Superlattices in Self-Assembly of Giant Molecular Clusters

Y Liu, QY Guo, Z Huang, H Lei, T Liu, XY Yan… - CCS …, 2024 - chinesechemsoc.org
In the realm of soft matter, the self-assembly of giant molecules into predefined spherical
packing superlattices offers a promising avenue for creating materials with specific …

Automated search strategy for novel ordered structures of block copolymers

Q Dong, Z Xu, Q Song, Y Qiang, Y Cao, W Li - ACS Macro Letters, 2024 - ACS Publications
Block copolymers with different architectures can possibly generate innumerable stable or
metastable structures and thus provide an irreplaceable platform for theoretically exploring …

Unwinding Spherical Helices Increases Entropy and Stability of Frank–Kasper and Body-Centered-Cubic Periodic Arrays To Facilitate Discrimination between Self …

D Sahoo, M Peterca, V Percec - Journal of the American Chemical …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Spherical supramolecular dendrimers including helical, self-organize soft Frank–Kasper,
other cubic such as body-centered cubic, and quasicrystal periodic and quasiperiodic …

Precisely Constructing Superlattices of Soft Giant Molecules via Regulating Volume Asymmetry

H Lei, XY Liu, Y Wang, XH Li, XY Yan… - Journal of the …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Soft matters, particularly giant molecular self-assembly, have successfully replicated
complex structures previously exclusive to metal alloys. These superlattices are constructed …

Anion-coordination-and π-π-stacking-interaction-driven assembly of a complex Frank-Kasper structure

Z Zhuo, ZA Nan, WZ Fu, W Wang, GL Li, MY Wu… - Chem, 2024 - cell.com
Constructing artificial sophisticated architectures from simple small-molecular subunits by
cooperative interactions remains one of the most formidable challenges. Herein, we report a …

Diblock Copolymer Blends Do Not Mimic Metal Alloys

ZM Gdowski, SM Swartzendruber… - …, 2024 - ACS Publications
Periodic particle packings are ubiquitous across many forms of condensed matter including
colloids, metals, and block polymers. We report the morphologies of binary blends of …

Largely Asymmetric Binary Mesocrystals beyond Inorganic Crystals Formed in Linear ABC/ABC Blends

X You, Z Xu, Q Dong, W Li - Macromolecules, 2024 - ACS Publications
“Recasting” crystals at the nanoscale or mesoscale has attracted abiding interest. However,
how to obtain novel mesocrystals beyond inorganic crystals remains an unsolved …

Discovery of the final primitive Frank-Kasper phase of clathrate hydrates

S Muromachi, S Takeya - Science Advances, 2024 - science.org
In weakly bound materials such as water, one of the three primitive Frank-Kasper (FK)
phases, the Z phase, is long absent due to the relatively unstable framework. The Z phase in …

Supercrystal Engineering of Nanoarrows Enabled by Tailored Concavity

C Chen, Q Wang, P Wang, M Dai, X Jiang, J Zhou, L Qi - Small, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Self‐assembly of nanoparticles into supercrystals represents a powerful approach to create
unique and complex superstructures with fascinating properties and novel functions, but the …