Magnetic Nanocubes Self-Assemble Into Helical Superstructures
Thursday, September 4, 2014 - 16:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Collaborating with nanochemists led by Rafal Klajn at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel, who found that magnetite nanocubes can self-assemble into helical superstructures under certain conditions, UIC theoretical chemist Petr Kral and his students simulated the phenomenon and explained the conditions under which it can occur.