Scientists Use Self-Assembly to Make Molecule-Sized Particles With Patches of Charge

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 - 16:21 in Physics & Chemistry

(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists, chemists and engineers at the University of Pennsylvania have demonstrated a novel method for the controlled formation of patchy particles, using charged, self-assembling molecules that may one day serve as drug-delivery vehicles to combat disease and perhaps be used in small batteries that store and release charge.

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