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Controlled vapor treatment guides molecules into highly oriented soft quasicrystals
Source: Phys.org · Published
Molecules can spontaneously organize into complex, ordered structures through a process known as self-assembly. Among these structures, soft quasicrystals display unusual patterns that do not repeat regularly like conventional crystals. However, producing such structures with a uniform orientation over large areas remains a major challenge.
Key points
- Molecules can spontaneously organize into complex, ordered structures through a process known as self-assembly.
- Among these structures, soft quasicrystals display unusual patterns that do not repeat regularly like conventional crystals.
- However, producing such structures with a uniform orientation over large areas remains a major challenge.
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