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Laying microscale tiles
03-23-2007 · EurekAlert!Korean researchers have come to the realization that even tiny molecular components can be arranged in a "do-it-yourself" method. As they describe in the journal Angewandte Chemie, their manually produced monolayers of microcrystals are qualitatively superior to the self-assembled variety.
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