Abstract

Soft as silk: Single-layered (right) and lamellar-structured two-dimensional (2D) CdSe nanocrystals (left) as thin as 1.4 nm can be prepared by a soft colloidal template method. Assembly of the 2D nanocrystals can be controlled by variation of the interaction between organic layers in soft templates. The current synthetic process is relatively easy to scale up, and multigram quantities can be obtained in a single batch. Detailed facts of importance to specialist readers are published as "Supporting Information". Such documents are peer-reviewed, but not copy-edited or typeset. They are made available as submitted by the authors. Please note: The publisher is not responsible for the content or functionality of any supporting information supplied by the authors. Any queries (other than missing content) should be directed to the corresponding author for the article.