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Nature Materials 6, 656–660 (1 September 2007) | doi:10.1038/nmat1965

Elastic membranes of close-packed nanoparticle arrays

Klara E. Mueggenburg , Xiao-Min Lin , Rodney H. Goldsmith & Heinrich M. Jaeger

Nanoparticle superlattices are hybrid materials composed of close-packed inorganic particles separated by short organic spacers. Most work so far has concentrated on the unique electronic, optical and magnetic behaviour of these systems.