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* [[Non-thermal selfassembly]] driven by longer range attraction forces. <br>E.g. like how magnets can do self assembly at the macroscale | * [[Non-thermal selfassembly]] driven by longer range attraction forces. <br>E.g. like how magnets can do self assembly at the macroscale | ||
== | Self-assembly can be mixed with in various ways with positional assembly. Including: | ||
* [[Site activating semi positional assembly]] | |||
* [[Tether aided thermally driven assembly]] | |||
== Different kinds of self assembly in the [[foldamer printer]] concept == | |||
The [[foldamer printer]] concept where: | The [[foldamer printer]] concept where: | ||
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* 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]]. | * 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 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. | * [[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. | ||
== Related == | |||
* Up: [[Method of assembly]] | |||
* [[Bottom-up manufacturing]] | |||
Revision as of 13:26, 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
Self-assembly can be mixed with in various ways with positional assembly. Including:
Different kinds of self assembly in the foldamer printer concept
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.