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Fossilized liquid assembly: Nanomaterials research tool

10-12-2006 · EurekAlert!

From a butterfly's iridescent wing to a gecko's sticky foot, nature derives extraordinary properties from ordinary materials like wax and keratin. Its secret is hierarchical topology -- macroscale structures assembled from microscale components of varying sizes. Borrowing a page from nature's playbook, researchers at NIST have developed a novel platform for the self-assembly of experimental hierarchical surfaces in a fluid. Their work offers diverse industries a new way to generate and measure self-assembly at the nanoscale.

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