The self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles is of great importance in realizing their enormous potentials for broad applications due to the advanced collective properties of nanoparticle ensembles. Various molecular ligands (e.g., small molecules, DNAs, proteins, and polymers) have been used to assist the organization of inorganic nanoparticles into functional structures at different hierarchical levels. Among others, polymers are particularly attractive for use in nanoparticle assembly, because of the complex architectures and rich functionalities of assembled structures enabled by polymers. Polymer-guided assembly of nanoparticles has emerged as a powerful route to fabricate functional materials with desired mechanical, optical, electronic or magnetic properties for a broad range of applications such as sensing, nanomedicine, catalysis, energy storage/conversion, data storage, electronics and photonics. In this review article, we summarize recent advances in the polymer-guided self-assembly of inorganic nanoparticles in both bulk thin films and solution, with an emphasis on the role of polymers in the assembly process and functions of resulting nanostructures. Precise control over the location/arrangement, interparticle interaction, and packing of inorganic nanoparticles at various scales are highlighted.

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聚合物引导的无机纳米粒子组装。

由于纳米粒子集合体的先进的集体特性，无机纳米粒子的自组装对于实现其广泛应用的巨大潜力至关重要。各种分子配体（例如，小分子，DNA，蛋白质和聚合物）已用于协助无机纳米颗粒以不同的层次结构组织为功能结构。其中，聚合物由于用于聚合物的组装结构的复杂结构和丰富的功能性而特别吸引人用于纳米颗粒组装。纳米粒子的聚合物引导组装已成为制造具有所需机械，光学，电子或磁性特性的功能材料的强大途径，可广泛用于传感，纳米医学，催化，能量存储/转换，数据存储，电子和光子学。在这篇综述文章中，我们总结了在大体积薄膜和溶液中无机纳米粒子在聚合物引导下的自组装的最新进展，重点是聚合物在组装过程中的作用以及所得纳米结构的功能。强调了对各种规模的无机纳米粒子的位置/排列，粒子间相互作用和堆积的精确控制。