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Self-assembly reaches new heights

Nature Materials volume 3, pages 841–843 (2004)Cite this article

Supramolecular engineering using self-assembly aims to develop complex functional materials and devices. The fabrication of acentric organic films by physical vapour deposition for electro-optic applications illustrates the potential of such bio-inspired approaches.

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Figure 1: Self-assembly of nonlinear optical molecules into acentric films.
Figure 2: Physical vapour deposition of acentric films.

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