Inspired by biological systems, materials scientists have long sought to harness self-assembly to build nanomaterials. The ...

Self-healing coatings are advanced materials that can repair damage, such as scratches and cracks on their own. Researchers have developed an efficient method for preparing self-healing films ...

When constructing a house, a bricklayer has to take each brick and cement it in place. But in many biological processes, the ‘bricks’ arrange themselves into structures spontaneously. Due to their ...

This magnetic assembly platform could one day usher in a new class of self-building biomimetic devices and microscale machines. The findings are published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of ...

A rapid condensation process creates uniform porous oxides with conductive nanomaterials, boosting lithium storage performance while enabling full solvent recovery and sustainable material production.

The field of polymer science has seen a transformative evolution with the development of self-healing biodegradable materials ...

Assembly Theory is a way to understand how the complexity of life emerged through a mechanism of “self-assembly.” It could explain how life formed on Earth—or other planets—via the shortest path to ...