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Quantification of structural disorder and electron localization in superlattices of colloidal nanocrystals shows that minimizing variations in size and epitaxial connections is key to enhance the electronic properties of these materials.

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Figure 1: An atomically coherent 2D superlattice made by oriented attachment (red arrows) of PbSe nanocrystals (grey, Pb atoms; blue, Se atoms).

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  1. Institut d'Electronique de Microélectronique et de Nanotechnologie of the CNRS, Université de Lille 1, Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis, and ISEN, CS 60069, Villeneuve d'Ascq Cedex, 59652, France

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Delerue, C. Order and progress. Nature Mater 15, 498–499 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat4597

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