Self Assembly: The Science of Things That Put

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.

Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgments	p. xi
List of Tables	p. xii
List of Figures	p. xiii
Introduction	p. 1
Self-Assembly	p. 1
Profile	p. 6
Why Now?	p. 7
Chapter Highlights	p. 10
Exercises	p. 11
Related Reading	p. 11
Notes	p. 13
The Natural World	p. 15
Inorganic Systems	p. 17
Introduction	p. 17
Bubble Rafts	p. 18
A Primer on Surface Tension	p. 20
The Meniscus Effect	p. 21
Profile	p. 25
Back to the Bubble Raft	p. 26
Crystallization	p. 30
Try It Yourself - The Bubble Raft	p. 32
Polymerization	p. 36
Micelles	p. 41
Chapter Highlights	p. 44
Exercises	p. 45
Related Reading	p. 46
Notes	p. 48
Organic Systems	p. 49
Introduction	p. 49
Proteins and Protein Folding	p. 50
Understanding Protein Folding	p. 52
Try It Yourself - "Protein" Folding	p. 56
The Tobacco Mosaic Virus	p. 57
The Ribosome	p. 60
Chapter Highlights	p. 62
Profile	p. 63
Exercises	p. 64
Related Reading	p. 65
Notes	p. 65
Lessons from the Natural World	p. 67
Introduction	p. 67
The Bubble Raft and Nature's Principles	p. 68
Structured Particles	p. 70
Profile	p. 72
Binding Forces	p. 73
Environment	p. 73
Driving Forces	p. 74
Other Aspects of Nature's Motif	p. 75
Energy Minimization	p. 75
Nucleation	p. 77
Templates	p. 78
Chapter Highlights	p. 78
Exercises	p. 79
Notes	p. 80
Engineered Systems	p. 81
The "Cheerios Effect" and Other Simple Systems	p. 83
Introduction	p. 83
The Penrose Model	p. 84
Nature's Principles in Action	p. 86
Magnetic Self-Assembling Systems	p. 87
Pattern Formation in Magnetic Spheres	p. 90
Control Via External Fields	p. 94
Nano-Magnets	p. 98
Magnetic Origami	p. 100
Measuring Complexity	p. 101
The "Cheerios Effect"	p. 103
The Force Between Two Plates	p. 104
Floating Particles and Other Forces	p. 106
Try It Yourself - Self Assembling Soda Straws	p. 109
Profile	p. 111
Chapter Highlights	p. 112
Exercises	p. 112
Related Reading	p. 114
Notes	p. 115
Static Self-Assembly	p. 117
Introduction	p. 117
Assembly via Capillary Forces	p. 119
Assembly at a Liquid-Liquid Interface	p. 121
Profile	p. 123
Capillary Forces and Three Dimensional Structures	p. 124
Reconfigurable Capillary Driven Systems	p. 128
Computing with Capillary Forces	p. 129
Template Driven Self-Assembly	p. 132
Artificial Amphiphiles	p. 133
Structured Surfaces	p. 134
Assembly by Folding	p. 139
Chapter Highlights	p. 143
Exercises	p. 144
Related Reading	p. 145
Notes	p. 146
Dynamic Self-Assembly	p. 147
Introduction	p. 147
A Prototype for Dynamic Self-Assembly	p. 149
Try It Yourself - Electrostatic Self-Assembly	p. 154
Self-Assembling Nanowires	p. 156
Electrostatically Driven Granular Media	p. 161
Electrorheological Fluids	p. 163
Magnetically Driven Dynamic Systems	p. 164
Mechanically Driven Dynamic Systems	p. 167
Self-Propelled Systems	p. 170
Smart Particles	p. 171
Profile	p. 174
Chapter Highlights	p. 176
Exercises	p. 177
Related Reading	p. 179
Notes	p. 180
DNA Self-Assembly	p. 181
Introduction	p. 181
DNA - Nature's Ultimate Building Block	p. 182
Sticky Ends and Branches	p. 184
Cubes and other Polyhedra	p. 187
DNA Tiles	p. 191
DNA Barcodes	p. 196
DNA Origami	p. 198
DNA as a Template	p. 199
Profile	p. 201
DNA Self-Assembly in Context	p. 202
Chapter Highlights	p. 204
Exercises	p. 205
Related Reading	p. 206
Notes	p. 207
The Future	p. 209
Models of Self-Assembly	p. 211
Introduction	p. 211
Physical Models	p. 213
Modelling Structured Surfaces	p. 214
Modelling Helix Formation	p. 218
Chemical Kinetics Models	p. 223
The Waterbug Model	p. 225
Abstract Models	p. 230
Conformational Switching	p. 230
Graph Grammars	p. 237
The Tile Assembly Model	p. 240
Profile	p. 242
Chapter Highlights	p. 247
Exercises	p. 248
Related Reading	p. 250
Notes	p. 251
Directions	p. 253
Introduction	p. 253
Fibonacci at the Nanoscale	p. 254
Self-Assembly Springs Into Action	p. 256
Self-Assembled Swimming Cells	p. 257
Profile	p. 259
Self-Assembly Goes Broadway	p. 260
Self-Assembly and the Origin of Life	p. 261
Chapter Highlights	p. 262
Exercises	p. 262
Related Reading	p. 263
Notes	p. 264
Color Plates	p. 265
References	p. 281
The Calculus of Variations	p. 293
Useful Web Sites	p. 297
Glossary	p. 299
Index	p. 305
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