The research progress in self-assembly of nano-materials

On the basis of introduction of the recent progress in self-assembly of nano-materials from our research group, a review has been mainly given to the self-assembly of nano-materials, including nanoparticles and nanowires/tubes, into multi-scale regular patterned structures. Such self-assembly strategy has paramount importance for the practical application of nano-materials-based equipments. The concrete contents mainly include: self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles functionalized by self-assembled monolayer (SAM), self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles functionalized by macro-molecular, self-assembly of naked inorganic nanoparticles; template-induced self-assembly of one-dimensional nanomaterials, surface tension and capillary force induced self-assembly of one-dimensional nanomaterials, electrostatic force induced self-assembly of one-dimensional nanomaterials.