Detailed imaging reveals the structure of a spherical ‘micelle’, self-assembled from cone-shaped molecules, and marks progress towards mimicking the natural assembly skills of biological systems.
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Discher, D., Kamien, R. Towards precision micelles. Nature 430, 519–520 (2004). https://doi.org/10.1038/430519a
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