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Designing Nanostructured Materials through Self-Assembly and their Applications

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Self-assembly is a process where particles aggregate together into well-defined structures, leading to the formation of hierarchical structures and nanostructures with varied morphologies. Various non-covalent interactions, which include H-bonding, electrostatic, van der Waals and hydrophobic interactions, are responsible for the formation of assembled structures. Other factors such as the nature of the solvent, temperature and pressure also affect the nature of the assembly. These assemblies lead to coupling effect, which results in changes in the physical properties. The assembled structures have found potential applications in the area of catalysis including photocatalysis and electrocatalysis, Li-ion batteries, sensing, biological applications. This review article focuses on giving a brief glimpse of the self-assembled structures, various forces of interactions leading to self-assembly, their effect on physical properties and applications.

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Acknowledgments

HS and JK thank INST for fellowship. SV thanks CSIR (01(2943)/18-EMR-II), Govt. of India for financial assistance.

This paper is a revised and expanded version of an article entitled, ‘Self-assembly nanostructured materials: Design and Mechanism of formation’ presented in ‘7th International Conference on Advancements and Futuristic Trends in Mechanical and Materials Engineering’ held at Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Roopnagar, India, during December 5-7, 2019.

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HS contributed to the introduction and interactions part of the review. JK contributed to the physical properties and application of the review. The basic idea and the execution of the review article including corrections were carried out under the guidance of SV.

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Shahi, H., Kaur, J. & Vaidya, S. Designing Nanostructured Materials through Self-Assembly and their Applications. J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. C 103, 135–142 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40032-021-00660-4

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