10.1021/la402254q.s003 Gerd Herzog Gerd Herzog Gunthard Benecke Gunthard Benecke Adeline Buffet Adeline Buffet Berit Heidmann Berit Heidmann Jan Perlich Jan Perlich Johannes F. H. Risch Johannes F. H. Risch Gonzalo Santoro Gonzalo Santoro Matthias Schwartzkopf Matthias Schwartzkopf Shun Yu Shun Yu Wilfried Wurth Wilfried Wurth Stephan V. Roth Stephan V. Roth In Situ Grazing Incidence Small-Angle X‑ray Scattering Investigation of Polystyrene Nanoparticle Spray Deposition onto Silicon American Chemical Society 2013 time resolution layer structure spray deposition polystyrene nanoparticle dispersion nanoparticle assembly Polystyrene Nanoparticle Spray Deposition 2013-09-10 00:00:00 Media https://acs.figshare.com/articles/media/In_Situ_Grazing_Incidence_Small_Angle_X_ray_Scattering_Investigation_of_Polystyrene_Nanoparticle_Spray_Deposition_onto_Silicon/2378899 We investigated the spray deposition and subsequent self-assembly during drying of a polystyrene nanoparticle dispersion with in situ grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering at high time resolution. During the fast deposition of the dispersion and the subsequent evaporation of the solvent, different transient stages of nanoparticle assembly can be identified. In the first stage, the solvent starts to evaporate without ordering of the nanoparticles. During the second stage, large-scale structures imposed by the breakup of the liquid film are observable. In this stage, the solvent evaporates further and nanoparticle ordering starts. In the late third drying stage, the nanoparticles self-assemble into the final layer structure.