Dictating Orientation Diversity of Body-Centered Cubic Superlattices in the Self-Assembly of Polymer-Grafted Nanocubes through Heterogeneous Grafting Designs

Key Points

• The central aim is to understand how to control the orientation of self-assembled polymer-grafted nanocrystals.
• Investigated polymer-grafting techniques
• Analyzed the self-assembly process of nanocrystals
• Used models to predict orientation diversity
• Achieved precise control over the orientation of nanocrystals
• Demonstrated unique structural arrangements in superlattices
• Linked grafting designs to variations in orientation diversity