Layer-by-layer designer nanoarchitectonics for physical and chemical communications in functional materials

Abstract

Nanoarchitectonics, as a post-nanotechnology concept, constructs functional materials and structures using nanounits of atoms, molecules, and nanomaterials as materials. With the concept of nanoarchitectonics, asymmetric structures, and hierarchical organization, rather...

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