Coulomb repulsion due to the surface charge on semi-conductor nanorods works against the dipole-dipole attraction that tends to direct the nanorods to self-assemble; the nature of this selfassembly for CdSe nanorods can be thus altered by pyridine washing, which charges the rods surface-thereby allowing the Coulomb repulsion to tailor the alignment.
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