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Hierarchical supercrystalline nanocomposites through the self-assembly of organically-modified ceramic nanoparticles
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Veröffentlicht in: | Scientific reports Vol. 9. 2019; Article number 3435; insgesammt 11 Seiten |
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Titel: | Hierarchical supercrystalline nanocomposites through the self-assembly of organically-modified ceramic nanoparticles/ Berta Domènech, Michael Kampferbeck, Emanuel Larsson, Tobias Krekeler, Büsra Bor, Diletta Giuntini, Malte Blankenburg, Martin Ritter, Martin Müller, Tobias Vossmeyer, Horst Weller & Gerold Schneider |
Format: | E-Book-Kapitel |
Sprache: | Englisch |
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2019
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: Scientific reports, Vol. 9. 2019; Article number 3435; insgesammt 11 Seiten
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Quelle: | Verbunddaten SWB Lizenzfreie Online-Ressourcen |
Zusammenfassung: | Biomaterials often display outstanding combinations of mechanical properties thanks to their hierarchical structuring, which occurs through a dynamically and biologically controlled growth and self-assembly of their main constituents, typically mineral and protein. However, it is still challenging to obtain this ordered multiscale structural organization in synthetic 3D-nanocomposite materials. Herein, we report a new bottom-up approach for the synthesis of macroscale hierarchical nanocomposite materials in a single step. By controlling the content of organic phase during the self-assembly of monodisperse organically-modified nanoparticles (iron oxide with oleyl phosphate), either purely supercrystalline or hierarchically structured supercrystalline nanocomposite materials are obtained. Beyond a critical concentration of organic phase, a hierarchical material is consistently formed. In such a hierarchical material, individual organically-modified ceramic nanoparticles (Level 0) self-assemble into supercrystals in face-centered cubic superlattices (Level 1), which in turn form granules of up to hundreds of micrometers (Level 2). These micrometric granules are the constituents of the final mm-sized material. This approach demonstrates that the local concentration of organic phase and nano-building blocks during self-assembly controls the final material's microstructure, and thus enables the fine-tuning of inorganic-organic nanocomposites' mechanical behavior, paving the way towards the design of novel high-performance structural materials. |
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2045-2322
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DOI: | 10.1038/s41598-019-39934-4 |