(511f) Directed Polymer - Nanoparticle Self Assembly to Manufacture Layered, Nanostructured Materials

We report a new route to form nanostructured films where the layered self-assembly of the constituents is driven primarily by entropy through component architectural differences without the need for charge. We have manufactured up to sixteen layers of alternating polymer and quantum dot nanoparticle films, there is apparently no limit to the number of layers one can assemble, to create an assembly that is unique and, importantly, we have nanometer control on each layer's thickness. Here we report the physical phenomena, such as dielectric ordering, that dictate the ultimate structures.