Understanding and controlling the assembly of nanoparticles into arbitrarily sized and shaped
functional structures underpins the evolving field of nanotechnology. An emerging philosophy
is to use tethered nanoparticles (TNPs). If the tethers and the NPs dislike each other, these
building blocks behave akin to surfactants, leading them to assemble into anisotropic structures.
By changing the shape of the nanoparticle, even more complex structures are possible.