Bioinspired smart asymmetric nanochannel membranes (BSANM) have been explored
extensively to achieve the delicate ionic transport functions comparable to those of living …

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 superlattices are periodic arrays of nanoscale inorganic building blocks
including metal nanoparticles, quantum dots and magnetic nanoparticles. Such assemblies …

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

The assembly of plasmonic nanoparticles into ordered 2D-and 3D-superlattices could pave
the way towards new tailored materials for plasmonic sensing, photocatalysis and …

Self-assembly at water–oil interfaces has been shown to be a cheap, convenient and
efficient route to obtain densely packed layers of plasmonic nanoparticles which have small …

Nanotechnology is touted as the next logical sequence in technological evolution. This has
led to a substantial surge in research activities pertaining to the development and …

We introduce Plasmene in analogy to graphene as free-standing, one-particle-thick,
superlattice sheets of nanoparticles (“meta-atoms”) from the “plasmonic periodic table” …

Due to the near‐field coupling effect, non‐close‐packed nanoparticle (NP) assemblies with
tunable interparticle distance (d) attract great attention and show huge potential applications …

Metallic membranes of about 2.5 nm thick but with macroscopic lateral dimensions have
been successfully fabricated from ultrathin gold nanowires. Such metallic nanomembranes …