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assembly: a standalone construct

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Chemistry and nanoscience

the spontaneous organization of molecules or particles into ordered structures, driven by weak non-covalent interactions.

In chemistry and nanoscience, self-assembly is the spontaneous organization of molecules or particles into ordered structures without external direction, driven by weak, non-covalent interactions such as hydrogen bonds and van der Waals forces that let the components settle into a stable arrangement on their own. Whitesides and Grzybowski's 2002 Self-Assembly at All Scales set out the principle and its reach from single molecules to larger objects. The referent is a physical process of ordering that emerges from local interactions, described by the structures it forms, not a factory line, a lawmaking chamber, or written program code.[1]

Unit
One ordered structure formed spontaneously from its components
Recovery means
Many self-assembled structures are reversible, dissolving and reforming as conditions change
Measured by
Characterised by microscopy, scattering, and spectroscopy that reveal the size and order of the formed structures

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References

  1. Whitesides, G. M., & Grzybowski, B. (2002). Self-assembly at all scales. Science, 295(5564), 2418–2421. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.1070821

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