Assembly of colloidal semiconductor nanorods in solution by depletion attraction
Arranging anisotropic nanoparticles into ordered assemblies remains a challenging quest requiring innovative and Ingenuous approaches. The variety of interactions present in colloidal solutions of nonspherical inorganic nanocrystals can be exploited for this purpose. By tuning depletion attraction forces between hydrophobic colloidal nanorods of semiconductors, dispersed in an organic solvent, the
