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 …

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

The scalable synthetic route to colloidal atoms has significantly advanced over the past two
decades. Recently, colloidal clusters with DNA‐coated cores called “patchy colloidal …

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 …

The optical properties of nanoparticle assemblies can be tailored via hybridization of
plasmon modes. Isotropic core/satellite superstructures made of spherical nanoparticles are …

Surface ligands impact the properties and chemistry of nanocrystals, but observing ligand
binding locations and their effect on nanocrystal shape transformations is challenging. Using …

Patchy colloidal nanoparticles are important for a broad range of applications, especially as
building blocks for complex and functional structural materials, but the controllable …

Nanoparticle (NP)‐based vehicles are attractive for biomedical delivery and therapy, owing
to improved therapeutic efficiency and reduced adverse effects compared to free drugs …

We report a polymer brush-based approach for fabricating multivalent patchy nanoparticles
(NPs) with the number of nanodomains (valency) from 6 to 10, potentially from 1 to 10, by …