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Particle self-assembly

Superstructures simplified

A general method for particle assembly allows access to a diverse range of modular microscale supraparticles from nanoparticles, nanowires and even cells.

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Figure 1: Terminal assemblies made from different building blocks.

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Kotov, N. Superstructures simplified. Nature Nanotech 11, 1002–1003 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1038/nnano.2016.229

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