Fri, 06 May 2016
14:00 -
15:00
L3
Can puzzles self-assemble?
Professor Daan Frenkel
(Dept of Chemistry University of Cambridge)
Abstract
A holy grail of nano-technology is to create truly complex, multi-component structures by self assembly.
Most self-assembly has focused on the creation of `structural complexity'. In my talk, I will discuss `Addressable Complexity': the creation of structures that contain hundreds or thousands of
distinct building blocks that all have to find their place in a 3D structure.