Approaches to achieve stable perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) of interest, in particular those with large structural anisotropy, through protective coating of the inorganic shell at a single‐nanocrystal (NC) level are comparatively few and limited in scope. Reported here is a robust amphiphilic‐diblock‐copolymer‐enabled strategy for crafting highly‐stable
Approaches to achieve stable perovskite nanocrystals (PNCs) of interest, in particular those with large structural anisotropy, through protective coating of the inorganic shell at a single‐nanocrystal (NC) level are comparatively few and limited in scope. Reported here is a robust amphiphilic‐diblock‐copolymer‐enabled strategy for crafting highly‐stable
- NSF-PAR ID:
- 10221818
- Publisher / Repository:
- Wiley Blackwell (John Wiley & Sons)
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- Angewandte Chemie International Edition
- Volume:
- 60
- Issue:
- 13
- ISSN:
- 1433-7851
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- p. 7259-7266
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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