State Key Laboratory for Mechanical Behavior of Materials, School of Science, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Shaan Xi, 710049, People's Republic of China.
Chem Soc Rev. 2011 Nov;40(11):5347-60. doi: 10.1039/c1cs15043j. Epub 2011 Jul 19.
Self-assembly of nanoparticles has emerged as a powerful technique to integrate nanoparticles into well-defined ensembles with collective properties that are different from those of individual nanoparticles and bulk materials with the same chemical composition. Compared with the classical ion/molecule-mediated crystal growth, particle-mediated crystallographically ordered self-assembly is considered as "non-classical crystallization" and the resultant product is termed a "mesocrystal". In this tutorial review, we begin by summarizing the progresses of this field during last decade. Secondly, we outline developments in related fields such as grain rotation and oriented attachment as well as mesocrystals. Thridly, the recent progress in the syntheses of mesocrystals particularly in metals, and the related properties are introduced. Finally, some of the current open questions are discussed.
纳米粒子的自组装已经成为一种将纳米粒子集成到具有集体性质的明确定义的集合中的强大技术，这些性质与具有相同化学成分的单个纳米粒子和体材料不同。与经典的离子/分子介导的晶体生长相比，颗粒介导的结晶有序自组装被认为是“非经典结晶”，所得产物称为“介晶”。在本教程综述中，我们首先总结了过去十年该领域的进展。其次，我们概述了相关领域的发展，如晶粒旋转和定向附着以及介晶。第三，介绍了介晶，特别是金属介晶的合成以及相关性能的最新进展。最后，讨论了一些当前存在的问题。
