Difference between revisions of "Self assembly"
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The [[foldamer printer]] concept where: | The [[foldamer printer]] concept where: | ||
* [[Thermally driven assembly]] may be used to make the base [[vitamin parts]] that constitute that most basic building-blocks. | * [[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 | + | * The foldamer printer then performs some [[semi positional assembly]] of these basic building-blocks to larger composite blocks that <br>form [[hinge interlinked chains of blocks]]. |
| − | * [[Non-thermal selfassembly]] may then finally | + | * [[Non-thermal selfassembly]] may then finally self assemble the even bigger products block chains (that would diffuse only very slowly) to even bigger structures in a non thermally driven diffusionless way. |
Revision as of 13:18, 28 March 2021
Important (and maybe non-obvious) fact:
Not all kinds of self assembly need diffusion driven by thermal motion to work.
There is:
- Thermally driven assembly (aka "brownian self assembly")
- Non-thermal selfassembly driven by longer range attraction forces.
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 that
form hinge interlinked chains of blocks. - Non-thermal selfassembly may then finally self assemble the even bigger products block chains (that would diffuse only very slowly) to even bigger structures in a non thermally driven diffusionless way.
