This arrangement creates an alternating pattern of solid cubes and empty spaces, resulting in a checkerboard pattern. The self-assembly process is driven by the surface chemistry of the nanocubes. A ...

SEM image of a checkerboard pattern created by self-assembly of the nanocubes. Scale bar = 500 nm, inset = 100 nm. Researchers have engineered nanosized cubes that spontaneously form a two-dimensional ...