Researchers show new way of assembling particles into complex structures

Friday, August 3, 2012 - 06:00 in Physics & Chemistry

(Phys.org) -- Many recent advances in microtechnology and nanotechnology depend on microscopic spherical particles self-assembling into large-scale aggregates to form a relatively limited range of crystalline structures.  Directed assembly is a new branch of this field, where scientists figure out how to make particles assemble to form a broad range of structures at given locations.

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