Difference between revisions of "Self assembly"
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− | + | Important fact: Not all kinds of self assembly need diffusion driven by thermal motion to work. | |
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+ | There is: | ||
+ | * [[Thermally driven assembly]] (aka "brownian self assembly") | ||
+ | * Longer range attraction force driven [[non-thermal selfassembly]] e.g. like how magnets can do self assembly at the macroscale | ||
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+ | == Related == | ||
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+ | The [[foldamer printer]] concept where: | ||
+ | * [[Thermally driven assembly]] may be used to make the base [[vitamin parts]] that constitute that most basic building-blocks. | ||
+ | * The foldamer printer then performs some [[semi positional assembly]] of these basic building-blocks to larger composite blocks (or [[chains of blocks]]). | ||
+ | * [[Non-thermal selfassembly]] may then finally may self assemble assemble the even bigger products (that would diffuse only very slowly) to even bigger structures. |
Revision as of 11:12, 28 March 2021
Important fact: Not all kinds of self assembly need diffusion driven by thermal motion to work.
There is:
- Thermally driven assembly (aka "brownian self assembly")
- Longer range attraction force driven non-thermal selfassembly e.g. like how magnets can do self assembly at the macroscale
Related
The foldamer printer concept where:
- Thermally driven assembly may be used to make the base vitamin parts that constitute that most basic building-blocks.
- The foldamer printer then performs some semi positional assembly of these basic building-blocks to larger composite blocks (or chains of blocks).
- Non-thermal selfassembly may then finally may self assemble assemble the even bigger products (that would diffuse only very slowly) to even bigger structures.