Scientists Team Up on Self-Assembling Nanomaterials Research

摘要

TSUKUBA,Japan-A review in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials contends that collaboration between material scientists,biologists and chemists could advance the development of self-assembling nanomaterials,called nanoarchitectonics.While cyber technologies currently capture the public imagination,investment in this type of collaborative materials research is crucial in order to meet societal needs in energy storage,chemical sensing and a broad range of biological applications.Nanoarchitectonics allows the arrangement of groups of atoms or molecules into a preordained structure.They can be used to create tiny electrical circuits,manipulate chemicals and create various building blocks for nanoscale technologies.Nanoarchitectonics materials that self-assemble into the desired arrangement are necessarv to ontimize and advance these technologies.