| Directed Polymer - Nanoparticle Self Assembly to Manufacture Layered, Nanostructured Materials | ||
| Michael E. Mackay, Michigan State University, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, East Lansing, MI 48824, R. S. Krishnan, Michigan State University, 2527, Engineering Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, Alicia Pastor, Michigan State University, Center for Advanced Microscopy, East Lansing, 48824, Craig Hawker, University of California - Santa Barbara, Materials Research Laboratory, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, Michael S. Wong, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 and Subashini Asokan, Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005 We report a new route to form nanostructured films where the layered self-assembly of the constituents is driven primarily by entropy through component architectural differences without the need for charge. We have manufactured up to sixteen layers of alternating polymer and quantum dot nanoparticle films, there is apparently no limit to the number of layers one can assemble, to create an assembly that is unique and, importantly, we have nanometer control on each layer's thickness. Here we report the physical phenomena, such as dielectric ordering, that dictate the ultimate structures. Extended Abstract Status: Not Uploaded | ||