Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions

<div>Schematic representation and illustrative TEM images (background) of PbSe structure alignment across multiple length scales and dimensions [2D planes (microscale) <svg height="6.27169pt" id="M1" style="vertical-align:-0.04980993pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.22188 12.5482 6.27169" width="12.5482pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M901 255C861 290 790 361 716 442L694 427L796 280H69V230H796L694 83L716 68C790 149 861 220 901 255Z" id="g117-148"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="954" vert-adv-y="954"></glyph.data></g></svg> 2D sheets (nanoscale) <svg height="6.27169pt" id="M2" style="vertical-align:-0.04980993pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.22188 12.5482 6.27169" width="12.5482pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M901 255C861 290 790 361 716 442L694 427L796 280H69V230H796L694 83L716 68C790 149 861 220 901 255Z" id="g117-148"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="954" vert-adv-y="954"></glyph.data></g></svg> 1D rods (nanoscale) <svg height="6.27169pt" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-0.04980993pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -6.22188 12.5482 6.27169" width="12.5482pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M901 255C861 290 790 361 716 442L694 427L796 280H69V230H796L694 83L716 68C790 149 861 220 901 255Z" id="g117-148"></path><glyph.data ascent="3473" descent="-2876" horiz-adv-x="954" vert-adv-y="954"></glyph.data></g></svg> 0D crystals (angstrom-scale)].</div>

Journal of Nanomaterials

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Figure 1: Lead Selenide Nanostructures Self-Assembled across Multiple Length Scales and Dimensions 