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molecular self-assembly

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molecular self-assembly [mə′lek·yə·lər ‚self ə′sem·blē]
(organic chemistry)
The spontaneous aggregation of molecules into well-defined, stable, noncovalently bonded assemblies that are held together by intermolecular forces.


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They are also not as near to each other and significantly less precisely shaped as with the "bottom-up" technique based on molecular self-assembly developed by the Empa and Max Planck group.
00 Hardcover QC718 Nanotechnology is a highly diverse and multidisciplinary field, ranging from novel extensions of conventional device physics to the development of new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, and completely new approaches based on molecular self-assembly.
Sensors for medical diagnostics, such as Drexler imagines, "are built every day with the aid of processes that exemplify molecular self-assembly," the report says.
 
 
 
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