Functional Materials from Colloidal Self-assembly

Qingfeng Yan, PhD, is Associate Professor of the Department of Chemistry, Tsinghua University, China. His research is focused on functional single crystals and materials chemistry.George Zhao is Professor of the School of Chemical Engineering at the University of Queensland in Australia. He is also the Director of the Institute of Materials for Energy and Environment at Qingdao University in China.

• PART I INTRODUCTION PART II FUNDAMENTALS of COLLOIDS1 Theory of nucleation and growth of colloidal particles2 Stability of colloidal particles3 Synthesis and characterization of colloidal particles PART III SELF-ASSEMBLY of COLLOIDAL PARTICLES: MECHANISMS AND STRATEGIES4 Assembly mechanism of colloidal particles in solution5 Self-assembly of spherical colloidal particles6 Self-assembly of non-spherical colloidal particles7 DNA mediated colloidal self-assembly PART IV CHARACTERIZATION TECHNIQUES of SELF-ASSEMBLED COLLOIDAL STRUCTURES8 Electron microscopy techniques9 X-ray techniques (SAXS, GISAXS, XPCS, coherent diffraction imaging)10 High-resolution spectromicroscopy such as confocal laser scanning microscope11 Others (Dynamic light scattering and Electrophoresis) PART V BIOLOGICAL AND BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS12 Tissue engineering13 Drug loading and release14 Biodetection15 Electrochemical biosensing PART VI PHOTONIC MATERIALS16 Surface plasmonic structures17 Photonic crystals18 Photonic glass19 Green printing20 Structural color PART VII ELECTRONIC MATERIALS21 Carbon quantum dots22 Display panel (LED light output enhancement) PART VIII CATALYTIC AND ADSORPTIVE MATERIALS23 Nanocatalysis24 MOFs for electrocatalysis25 Macroporous materials from self-assembled templates for catalytic and adsorptive applications PART IX SUSTAINABLE ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS26 Rechargeable batteries27 Electrochemical capacitors28 Solar cells PART X SENSORS29 Gas sensors30 Liquid sensors (humidity, glucose, pH and Ionic strength, metal ions) PART XI CONCLUDING REMARKS