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res:
  bibo_abstract:
  - Nanocrystal superlattices are commonly formed by changing concentration, solvent
    conditions, or particle surface chemistry. Although effective, these approaches
    alter multiple contributions to the interparticle potential simultaneously, making
    it difficult to isolate the interactions responsible for ordering or to control
    assembly in chemically complex environments. Here, we show that oligomeric species
    present in a nanocrystal reaction medium drive superlattice formation through
    a depletion mechanism. Using PbTe nanocrystals as a model system, we identify
    Pb–oleate oligomers in the crude reaction mixture, characterize their solution
    structure, and quantify their contribution to the interparticle potential, establishing
    depletion as the dominant short-range interaction governing spontaneous body-centered
    cubic superlattice formation. We then confirm the depletion origin of ordering
    by showing that varying depletant concentration predictably shifts the order–disorder
    boundary and produces a thermally reversible transition between dispersed and
    ordered states ─ behavior that is inconsistent with van der Waals or ligand-mediated
    mechanisms but is a direct consequence of depletion control. Having established
    and validated the mechanism, we demonstrate that the same depletion framework
    can be deliberately activated in purified dispersions and transferred across nanocrystal
    systems of different composition and shape, including anisotropic and binary assemblies.
    These results establish precursor-derived depletion as a general and chemically
    grounded mechanism for nanocrystal superlattice formation, and show that collective
    ordering can be programmed through the surrounding medium rather than through
    particle surface modification.@eng
  bibo_authorlist:
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Seungho
      foaf_name: Lee, Seungho
      foaf_surname: Lee
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=BB243B88-D767-11E9-B658-BC13E6697425
    orcid: 0000-0002-6962-8598
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Daniel
      foaf_name: Balazs, Daniel
      foaf_surname: Balazs
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=302BADF6-85FC-11EA-9E3B-B9493DDC885E
    orcid: 0000-0001-7597-043X
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Aiswarya
      foaf_name: Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil, Aiswarya
      foaf_surname: Rayaroth Puthiyaveettil
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=8aceb01b-8972-11ed-ae7b-d5fe53775add
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Sharona
      foaf_name: Horta, Sharona
      foaf_surname: Horta
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=03a7e858-01b1-11ec-8b71-99ae6c4a05bc
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Carl Peter
      foaf_name: Goodrich, Carl Peter
      foaf_surname: Goodrich
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=EB352CD2-F68A-11E9-89C5-A432E6697425
    orcid: 0000-0002-1307-5074
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Michael
      foaf_name: Engel, Michael
      foaf_surname: Engel
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Ihor
      foaf_name: Cherniukh, Ihor
      foaf_surname: Cherniukh
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=d03b62b2-5976-11ef-a8d7-9525504b7895
  - foaf_Person:
      foaf_givenName: Maria
      foaf_name: Ibáñez, Maria
      foaf_surname: Ibáñez
      foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=43C61214-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87
    orcid: 0000-0001-5013-2843
  bibo_doi: 10.1021/jacs.6c07859
  bibo_issue: '29'
  bibo_volume: 148
  dct_date: 2026^xs_gYear
  dct_isPartOf:
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/0002-7863
  - http://id.crossref.org/issn/1520-5126
  dct_language: eng
  dct_publisher: American Chemical Society@
  dct_title: Reaction medium asan architect of nanocrystal superlattices@
  fabio_hasPubmedId: '42532904'
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