The self-assembly of molecular and macromolecular building blocks is a powerful strategy to prepare fascinating nanostructured materials with hierarchical architectures for various technological ...

Self-assembly is a fascinating process that occurs naturally in many different systems. For example, in living cells, proteins are able to self-assemble into complex structures that perform specific ...

Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers from Waseda University have developed an efficient method for preparing self ...

Self-assembly is the process by which an organized ... but current strategies are system specific. Now, it has been shown that condensate-amphiphilic block polymers provide robust and versatile ...

Ishida is keen to discover how nature controls the size in self-assembly processes and then try to replicate it in the lab. “Our question is: how can nature control structure size in such highly ...

Scientists at Xi’an Jiaotong University have fabricated an inverted perovskite solar cell that utilizes a self-assembled bilayer (SAB) as a hole-selective molecular contact. Inverted perovskite ...