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Nanocrystal superlattices

The pathway to atomic alignment

Nature Materials volume 15, pages 1225–1226 (2016)Cite this article

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Two independent studies provide insight on the formation of nanocrystal superlattices and their atomic alignment using real-time in situ X-ray scattering techniques.

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Figure 1: The pathway to atomic alignment in nanoparticle superlattices.

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  1. Yugang Zhang is at the Photon Sciences Division of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA,

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  2. Oleg Gang is in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Department of Applied Physics and Applied Mathematics, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, and at the Center for Functional Nanomaterials of the Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA,

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Zhang, Y., Gang, O. The pathway to atomic alignment. Nature Mater 15, 1225–1226 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4773

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