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

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

Frank–Kasper (FK) and quasicrystal phases were originally identified in metal alloys and
only sporadically reported in soft materials. These unconventional sphere-packing schemes …

Soft materials can self-assemble into highly structured phases that replicate at the
mesoscopic scale the symmetry of atomic crystals. As such, they offer an unparalleled …

Clusters with diverse structures and functions have been used to create novel cluster‐
assembled materials (CAMs). Understanding their self‐assembly process is a prerequisite to …

We study the effect of the architecture and topology of polymer-grafted nanoparticle species
on their structure, phase behavior, and scaling behavior. Using integral equation theory, we …

The mechanism underlying the multi-scale self-assembly of star-shaped polymers into non-
hollow, hollow, and spongy nanofibrous microspheres is reported. Star-shaped poly (L-lactic …

Harnessing anisotropic interactions in a DNA-mediated nanoparticle assembly holds great
promise as a rational strategy to advance this important area. Here, using molecular …

Cluster materials have attracted much attention because of their unique chemical and
physical properties, hitherto unseen in bulk materials. Inspired by the lipid self‐assembly …

A growing number of crystalline and quasi-crystalline structures have been formed by
coating nanoparticles with ligands, polymers, and DNA. The design of nanoparticles that …