Using self-assembly, scientists are coaxing nanoparticles into making new, customized materials
Thursday, July 13, 2017 - 07:42
in Physics & Chemistry
When you bring a box home from the furniture store, you don't expect the screws, slats, and other pieces to magically converge into a bed or table. Yet this self-assembly occurs every day in nature. Nothing tells atoms to link together; nothing tells DNA how to form. Living materials contain the very instructions and ability to become a larger whole.