Crystal tectonics: Chemical construction and self-organization
- 10 October 2000
- journal article
- perspective
- Published by Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) in J. Chem. Soc., Dalton Trans.
- No. 21,p. 3753-3763
- https://doi.org/10.1039/b004066p
Abstract
Crystal tectonics involves the chemical-based construction and self-assembly of organized materials from solid-state building blocks, such as inorganic nanoparticles. This Perspective describes, through a series of examples, how the architectural complexity of materials with higher-order structure can be controlled by organic templating, interparticle molecular recognition and mesophase transformation. It is shown how the coupling of synthesis and self-assembly over multiple length scales is leading to new horizons in the chemistry of organized matter.Keywords
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