From Nanowaffles to Nanostructures!

2021-07-14T10:43:45-06:00
02/28
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Self-assembly

How can you fabricate a huge number of nanostructures in a split second? Self-assembly is a fast technique for the mass production of materials and complex structures. But before self-assembly is ready for prime time, scientists need to establish ways to control this process, so that desired nanostructures emerge from the unstructured soup of basic building blocks that are fast-moving atoms and molecules.

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From Nanowaffles to Nanostructures!2021-07-14T10:43:45-06:00

Froot Loops, Legos, and Self-Assembly

2021-07-14T11:15:04-06:00
02/12
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Forming nanostructures

Self-assembly is the process by which individual building blocks—at the smallest level, atoms—spontaneously form larger structures. The structures they form depend on the size and shape of the building blocks, and on the conditions to which these building blocks are exposed. This can be demonstrated quite simply using breakfast cereal, or for more complex cases using specially prepared Legos.

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