Self‐Assembly of Lead Chalcogenide Nanocrystals

Quan, Zewei; Valentin‐Bromberg, Loriana; Loc, Welley Siu; Fang, Jiye

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“…[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Particularly, PbS-organic nanoparticles of different shapes (including cubes, octahedra, truncated octahedra, rhombicuboctahedra, etc.) can be easily synthesized on a large scale, and attracted much attention [15,16,21,22] because of a variety of possible applications. [23][24][25][26][27] Therefore, this kind of system provides a chance to study diverse packing arrangements (e.g., fcc, bcc, etc.)…”

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PbS–Organic Mesocrystals: The Relationship between Nanocrystal Orientation and Superlattice Array

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The ability to prepare nanostructured and/or nanocomposite materials on a large scale by simple and controllable routes still remains a challenge in chemistry and material science. By employing well-established synthetic strategies, nanoparticles with different sizes, shapes and compositions can be readily produced. The high tendency for self-aggregation and selforganization of these nanosized building blocks, which are surface-stabilized by organic molecules, into superstructures has been used to create 2D and 3D assemblies. [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9] In the last decade, a series of 3D colloidal superlattices composed of different nanoparticles (Ag, Au, PbS, PbSe, CeO 2 , FePt, CoPt 3 , Fe 3 O 4 , PbSe/Au, Fe 2 O 3 /PbSe, PbSe/Pd, CdSe/PbSe, etc.) has been reported. [10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20] Particularly, PbS-organic nanoparticles of different shapes (including cubes, octahedra, truncated octahedra, rhombicuboctahedra, etc.) can be easily synthesized on a large scale, and attracted much attention [15,16,21,22] because of a variety of possible applications. [23][24][25][26][27] Therefore, this kind of system provides a chance to study diverse packing arrangements (e.g., fcc, bcc, etc.) and specific orientational ordering of nanoparticles. [11,13,15,16,28,29] Experimental observations [16,[29][30][31][32][33][34] suggest that nanoparticles within a colloidal crystal tend to arrange in such a way that the optimal packing efficiency is achieved (principle of maximum space filling [35] ). In a relatively common case of truncated octahedrally shaped nanoparticles, the available experimental data [4,5,16,[29][30][31][32][33]36] allow to rationalize the formation of a particular type of the superlattice array (depending on the degree of coverage of nanocrystals by organic molecules) by considering four phenomenological models: A) Rigid, anisotropically shaped space-filling nanoparticles (inorganic part) without or with a tiny shell of organic molecules; B) Hard spheres with a comparatively large anisotropic core (inorganic part) covered by a relatively thin shell of organic molecules; C) Hard spheres with a comparatively small anisotropic core (inorganic part) and a thick shell of organic molecules; D) Soft and easily deformable spheres with a small anisotropic core (inorganic part) and an even thicker shell of organic molecules.For each case (A-D) the type of superlattice packing (translational order [37] ) and orientational ordering of nanoparticles within the superlattice array is significantly different. In the simplest case (A), the more or less pure, inorganic, truncated octahedrally shaped nanoparticles assemble into a bcc superlattice [33] with 100 % packing efficiency and strong orientational relationship (crystallographic directions of nanocrystals are coaxial with those of the superlattice). [35,37] In case of models B and C, by increasing the degree of coverage of anisotropic (inorganic) nanoparticles by organic molecules, their faces are continuously smoothed, thereby introducing a certa...

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“…We are ultimately interested in simulating "capped" chalcogenide nanocrystals, like CdSe or PbS, that are under intense current scrutiny as potential photovoltaic solar cell materials. [6][7][8][9] For these systems, there are still some fundamental questions to ask of the self-assembly process, some of which this paper will attempt to answer.…”

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Explicit all-atom modeling of realistically sized ligand-capped nanocrystals

Kaushik

Clancy

2012

The Journal of Chemical Physics

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We present a study of an explicit all-atom representation of nanocrystals of experimentally relevant sizes (up to 6 nm), "capped" with alkyl chain ligands, in vacuum. We employ all-atom molecular dynamics simulation methods in concert with a well-tested intermolecular potential model, MM3 (molecular mechanics 3), for the studies presented here. These studies include determining the preferred conformation of an isolated single nanocrystal (NC), pairs of isolated NCs, and (presaging studies of superlattice arrays) unit cells of NC superlattices. We observe that very small NCs (3 nm) behave differently in a superlattice as compared to larger NCs (6 nm and above) due to the conformations adopted by the capping ligands on the NC surface. Short ligands adopt a uniform distribution of orientational preferences, including some that lie against the face of the nanocrystal. In contrast, longer ligands prefer to interdigitate. We also study the effect of changing ligand length and ligand coverage on the NCs on the preferred ligand configurations. Since explicit allatom modeling constrains the maximum system size that can be studied, we discuss issues related to coarse-graining the representation of the ligands, including a comparison of two commonly used coarse-grained models. We find that care has to be exercised in the choice of coarse-grained model. The data provided by these realistically sized ligand-capped NCs, determined using explicit all-atom models, should serve as a reference standard for future models of coarse-graining ligands using united atom models, especially for self-assembly processes.

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“…Self-assembly of lead chalcogenide nanocrystals is an interesting research topic. [26] To form long-range assembled structures and examine their packing arrangements, PbS truncated cubes diluted to 1:2, 1:4, and 1:10 volume ratios with water that contained 2.7 10 À4 m CTAB were prepared. A drop of this solution was added to a silicon substrate and dried naturally.…”

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Fast Synthesis of PbS Nanocrystals in Aqueous Solution with Shape Evolution from Cubic to Octahedral Structures and Their Assembled Structures

Lyu

Liao

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Chemistry A European J

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In this study, we have developed for the first time a fast and energy-efficient method for the synthesis of PbS nanocrystals with systematic shape evolution from cubic to truncated cubic, cuboctahedral, truncated octahedral, and octahedral structures. The method involves the addition of a small volume of preheated lead acetate and thioacetamide (TAA) mixture to an aqueous growth solution of lead acetate, thioacetamide, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide, and nitric acid. By varying the amount of thioacetamide added to the growth solution, PbS nanocrystals with different morphologies were generated in 2 h at 90 °C. Slight experimental modifications were adopted to generate truncated octahedra. The nanocrystals have very uniform dimensions with average sizes of 32-47 nm. Their structures have been extensively examined by electron microscopy. Nanocube sizes can also be tuned within a range. UV/Vis absorption spectra of PbS cubes, cuboctahedra, and octahedra all show decreasing but continuous absorption from 300 nm to beyond 1000 nm. By monitoring the speed of darkening of solution color, particle growth rate was found to be fastest for nanocubes, followed by truncated cubes, cuboctahedra, and octahedra. These monodisperse nanocrystals can readily form self-assembled structures. Truncated cubes and octahedra that form monolayer and multilayer packing arrangements have also been studied. This green approach to the synthesis of PbS nanocrystals with fine size and shape control should allow for investigations of their facet-dependent properties and the fabrication of novel heterostructures.

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Self‐Assembly of Lead Chalcogenide Nanocrystals

Cited by 16 publications

References 125 publications

PbS–Organic Mesocrystals: The Relationship between Nanocrystal Orientation and Superlattice Array

PbS–Organic Mesocrystals: The Relationship between Nanocrystal Orientation and Superlattice Array

Explicit all-atom modeling of realistically sized ligand-capped nanocrystals

Fast Synthesis of PbS Nanocrystals in Aqueous Solution with Shape Evolution from Cubic to Octahedral Structures and Their Assembled Structures

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