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A Critical Review on Recent Progress of Solution-Processed Monolayer Assembly of Nanomaterials and Applications
Liang Zhao1, Jichao Fan2, Chenchi Gong1
1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Hybrid Nano-Architectures and Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, Villanova University, 800 E. Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA, 19085, USA.
Abstract:
The rapid development in nanotechnology has necessitated accurate and efficient assembly strategies for nanomaterials. Monolayer assembly of nanomaterials (MAN) represents a challenging and important architecture to manufacture and is critical in understanding interactions among nanomaterials, solvents, and substrates. MAN enables highly tunable performance in electronic and photonic devices. This review summarizes the recent progress on the methods to achieve MAN and discusses important control factors. Moreover, the importance of MAN is elaborated by a broad range of applications in electronics and photonics. In the end, the opportunities as well as challenges in manufacturing and new applications are outlooked.

