Self-assembly
There are two main types:
- Equilibrium self-assembly
- Non-equilibrium self-assembly:
- Steady state-non equilibrium, for dissipative systems that consume energy.
- Transient non-equilibrium, which can be effectively stationary by virtue of a very large relaxation time-scale (like in glasses).
Self-assembly of active colloids
DNA nanotechnology is mostly based on self-assembly
https://arxiv.org/abs/1610.06628
http://phys.org/news/2016-02-scientists-gold-nanoparticles-diamond-superlattices.html
regulating nucleation in self-assembly <> blockchain. Want to avoid conflicts (incompatible crystals, etc.)
Self-assembly, modularity, and physical complexity
Nature Materials: Topological defects in liquid crystals guide self-assembly
The Free-Energy Landscape of Clusters of Attractive Hard Spheres
Dynamical Arrest in Attractive Colloids: The Effect of Long-Range Repulsion
Design strategies for self-assembly of discrete targets
The Information Capacity of Specific Interactions
Self-Assembly of Structures with Addressable Complexity
Size limits of self-assembled colloidal structures made using specific interactions
A geometrical approach to computing free-energy landscapes from short-ranged potentials
Design principles for self-assembly with short-range interactions
Hierarchical self-assembly
Error correcting self-assembly