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Self Assembly: The Science of Things That Put Themselves Together - Softcover

Pelesko, John A.

 
9781584886877: Self Assembly: The Science of Things That Put Themselves Together
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1584886870 ISBN 13: 9781584886877
Publisher: Routledge, 2007

Synopsis

Hailed as one of the key areas of nanoscience likely to shape future scientific research, self-assembly offers the most promising route to true molecular nanotechnology. Focusing on this dynamic new field, Self Assembly: The Science of Things That Put Themselves Together explores nature's self-assembly of structures, the use of it to build engineered systems, and the latest advances in the field. Reflecting the inherent progress of the science of self-assembly, this definitive book first delves into natural self-assembling systems. It addresses crystal growth, soap films, and micelles; examines how nature builds viruses, proteins, and ribosomes; and introduces the protein folding problem. The author then discusses how physicists, chemists, biologists, and engineers are applying nature's principles to self-assemble everything from DNA cubes to millimeter-scale electronic circuits. The final chapters cover theoretical and experimental approaches to understand the phenomenon of self-assembly and overcome its various challenges. With practical activities, profiles of leading experts, chapter highlights, exercises, and references, Self Assembly provides the most current authoritative information on this exciting branch of nanoscience.

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About the Author

John A. Pelesko

From the Back Cover

A self-contained, up-to-date, and interdisciplinary introduction to the emerging science of self-assembly, this definitive book explores nature's self-assembly of structures, the use of it to build engineered systems, and the latest advances in the field. It features profiles of leading self-assembly researchers and includes instructions for simple, hands-on activities to be performed in the lab or classroom. With exercises at the end of each chapter, the book illustrates key concepts, patterns, and structures with more than 150 figures, including 14 in full color. In addition, it provides a website with links to the profiled individuals and photos and videos of self-assembly experiments.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2007
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1584886870
ISBN 13 
9781584886877
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
336