Nature-inspired nanotubes that assemble themselves, with precision
Tuesday, March 29, 2016 - 13:20
in Physics & Chemistry
Scientists have discovered a family of nature-inspired polymers that, when placed in water, spontaneously assemble into hollow crystalline nanotubes. The nanotubes can be tuned to all have the same diameter of between five and ten nanometers, depending on the length of the polymer chain.