Some biological macromolecules can control their own assembly into elegant hierarchical structures. Synthetic supramolecules are catching up fast, promising new advances for optical and biomedical materials. See Letter p.364
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Smalyukh, I. Deft tricks with liquid crystals. Nature 478, 330–331 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1038/478330a
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