BACKGROUND Semiconductor materials feature optical and electronic properties that can
be engineered through their composition and crystal structure. The use of semiconductors …

The development of electronics is increasingly dependent on low-cost, flexible, solution-
processed semiconductors. Colloidal quantum dots are solution-processed semiconducting …

Nanoparticle assembly and attachment are common pathways of crystal growth by which
particles organize into larger scale materials with hierarchical structure and long-range …

Chemical methods developed over the past two decades enable preparation of colloidal
nanocrystals with uniform size and shape. These Brownian objects readily order into …

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 …

The all‐inorganic nature of CsPbI3 perovskites allows to enhance stability in perovskite
devices. Research efforts have led to improved stability of the black phase in CsPbI3 films; …

Colloidal nanocrystals are successfully used as nanoscale building blocks for creating
hierarchical solids with structures that range from amorphous networks to sophisticated …

Band edge positions of semiconductors determine their functionality in many optoelectronic
applications such as photovoltaics, photoelectrochemical cells and light emitting diodes …

The assembly of uniform nanocrystal building blocks into well ordered superstructures is a
fundamental strategy for the generation of meso-and macroscale metamaterials with …

Oriented attachment of PbSe nanocubes can result in the formation of two-dimensional (2D)
superstructures with long-range nanoscale and atomic order,. This questions the …