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Self-assembly gets new direction

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By controlling the placement of 'sticky' patches on particles, assemblies can be made that mimic atomic bonding in molecules. This greatly expands the range of structures that can be assembled from small components. See Article p.51

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Figure 1: Self-assembly of patchy particles.

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  1. Matthew R. Jones and Chad A. Mirkin are in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering and of Chemistry, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois 60208, USA.,

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