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posted 11. April 2002 11:19

Science March 29 2002;295:2418-21.

Self-Assembly at All Scales

by George M. Whitesides and Bartosz Grzybowski

Abstract: Self-assembly is the autonomous organization of components into patterns or structures without human intervention. Self-assembling processes are common throughout nature and technology. They involve components from the molecular (crystals) to the planetary (weather systems) scale and many different kinds of interactions. The concept of self-assembly is used increasingly in many disciplines, with a different flavor and emphasis in each.

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