Vortical superlattices in a gold nanorods' self-assembled monolayer

Yong Xie, Yujia Liang, Dongxue Chen, Xiaochun Wu, Luru Dai, Qian Liu
2014 Nanoscale  
Various vortical superlattices of gold nanorods were obtained by a controlled droplet evaporation method, suggesting the possible manipulation of the ultimate self-assembled superstructure by an organic liquid crystal template or microfluidic droplet.
doi:10.1039/c3nr05992h pmid:24513644 fatcat:akdx6mqbibb27ajcpucd2jxhpi