Periodic nanostructures: preparation, properties and applications. (12th April 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Yin, Hang; Xing, Kaijian; Zhang, Yurou; Dissanayake, D. M. Aradhana S.; Lu, Ziyang; Zhao, Haitao; Zeng, Zhiyuan; Yun, Jung-Ho; Qi, Dong-Chen; Yin, Zongyou
• Is Part Of: Chemical Society reviews. Volume 50:Number 11(2021)
• Page Start: 6423
• Page End: 6482
• Publication Date: 2021-04-12
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1039/d0cs01146k
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0306-0012

Abstract

Abstract : This review has summarized and discussed the recent advances of periodic nanostructures, consisting of multiple identical nano units/components periodically arranged in good order, from their preparation and properties to applications. Abstract : Periodic nanostructures, a group of nanomaterials consisting of single or multiple nano units/components periodically arranged into ordered patterns ( e.g., vertical and lateral superlattices), have attracted tremendous attention in recent years due to their extraordinary physical and chemical properties that offer a huge potential for a multitude of applications in energy conversion, electronic and optoelectronic applications. Recent advances in the preparation strategies of periodic nanostructures, including self-assembly, epitaxy, and exfoliation, have paved the way to rationally modulate their ferroelectricity, superconductivity, band gap and many other physical and chemical properties. For example, the recent discovery of superconductivity observed in "magic-angle" graphene superlattices has sparked intensive studies in new ways, creating superlattices in twisted 2D materials. Recent development in the various state-of-the-art preparations of periodic nanostructures has created many new ideas and findings, warranting a timely review. In this review, we discuss the current advances of periodic nanostructures, including their preparation strategies, property modulations and various applications.