Affiliation:
1. Centre for Nanoscience and Technology Madanjeet School of Green Energy Technologies Pondicherry University (A Central University) Dr. R. Vankataraman Nagar Kalapet Puducherry 605014 India
2. Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering University of Alberta Alberta T6G 1H9 Canada
3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering National Institute of Technology Hamirpur Himachal Pradesh 177005 India
4. Department of Ecology & Environmental Sciences Pondicherry University (A Central University) Dr. R. V. Nagar Kalapet Puducherry 605014 India
5. Functional Material Chemistry Laboratory Department of Chemistry Pondicherry University Dr. R. Vankataraman Nagar Kalapet Puducherry 605014 India
6. Physics of Fluids Group Max Planck Center Twente for Complex Fluid Dynamics JM Burgers Center for Fluid Dynamics Mesa+ Department of Science and Technology University of Twente Enschede 7522 NB Netherlands
Abstract
AbstractDesigning of innovative technologies for the development of functional materials remain crucial for achieving sustainable technological advancements. In this regard, nanoparticles (NPs) possessing enormous potential properties can be obtained using various facile methods for several applications. Adopting NPs as primitive building blocks can initiate the formation of complex entities named supraparticle (SP) to create several advanced functional materials. Additionally, SPs enable entirely new material characteristics to the system, owing to their individual entities, intrinsic properties such as coupling, spatial arrangement, and co‐localization. Indeed, methods such as template‐induced evaporation‐based assembly of NPs direct the shape, size, and morphology of SPs from their respective colloidal dispersions on a solvent‐repellant solid surface. Therefore, it is important to comprehend the formation of SPs and their structure‐property relationship with respect to practical application. This review presents a brief overview of SPs assembly by outlining the templated‐assisted evaporation‐based methodologies for synthesizing SPs. Further, the effect of various factors on the interaction between colloidal entities, solvent, and substrate, leading to the genesis of SPs is elaborated. Conclusively, specific properties are described and applications of SPs for energy storage, generation, and environmental remediation are reported, which collectively brings many interdisciplinary research fields to the same podium.
Subject
Condensed Matter Physics,General Materials Science,General Chemistry