% IMPORTANT: The following is UTF-8 encoded. This means that in the presence % of non-ASCII characters, it will not work with BibTeX 0.99 or older. % Instead, you should use an up-to-date BibTeX implementation like “bibtex8” or % “biber”. @ARTICLE{Wetterskog:811504, author = {Wetterskog, Erik and Klapper, Alice and Disch, Sabrina and Josten, Elisabeth and Rücker, Ulrich and Brückel, Thomas and Bergström, Lennart and Salazar-Alvarez, German and Hermann, Raphael}, title = {{T}uning the structure and habit of iron oxide mesocrystals}, journal = {Nanoscale}, volume = {8}, number = {34}, issn = {2040-3372}, address = {Cambridge}, publisher = {RSC Publ.}, reportid = {FZJ-2016-03961}, pages = {15571-15580}, year = {2016}, abstract = {A precise control over the meso- and microstructure of ordered and aligned nanoparticle assemblies, i.e., mesocrystals, is essential in the quest for exploiting the collective material properties for potential applications. In this work, we produced evaporation-induced self-assembled mesocrystals with different mesostructures and crystal habits based on iron oxide nanocubes by varying the nanocube size and shape and by applying magnetic fields. A full 3D characterization of the mesocrystals was performed using image analysis, high-resolution scanning electron microscopy and Grazing Incidence Small Angle X-ray Scattering (GISAXS). This enabled the structural determination of e.g. multi-domain mesocrystals with complex crystal habits and the quantification of interparticle distances with sub-nm precision. Mesocrystals of small nanocubes (l = 8.6–12.6 nm) are isostructural with a body centred tetragonal (bct) lattice whereas assemblies of the largest nanocubes in this study (l = 13.6 nm) additionally form a simple cubic (sc) lattice. The mesocrystal habit can be tuned from a square, hexagonal to star-like and pillar shapes depending on the particle size and shape and the strength of the applied magnetic field. Finally, we outline a qualitative phase diagram of the evaporation-induced self-assembled superparamagnetic iron oxide nanocube mesocrystals based on nanocube edge length and magnetic field strength.}, cin = {JCNS-2 / PGI-4 / JARA-FIT}, ddc = {600}, cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)JCNS-2-20110106 / I:(DE-Juel1)PGI-4-20110106 / $I:(DE-82)080009_20140620$}, pnm = {144 - Controlling Collective States (POF3-144) / 524 - Controlling Collective States (POF3-524) / 6212 - Quantum Condensed Matter: Magnetism, Superconductivity (POF3-621) / 6213 - Materials and Processes for Energy and Transport Technologies (POF3-621) / 6G4 - Jülich Centre for Neutron Research (JCNS) (POF3-623)}, pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-144 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-524 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6212 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6213 / G:(DE-HGF)POF3-6G4}, typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16}, UT = {WOS:000382053300017}, doi = {10.1039/C6NR03776C}, url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/811504}, }