Systems Self-assembly
- Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2008
- xv, 310 p.; plates, ill. (some col.): 25 cm.
- Studies in multidisciplinarity .
Self-assembly is a process that creates complex heirarchical structures through the statistical exploration of alternative configurations. These processes occur without external intervention. Self-Assembly processes are ubiquitous in nature. Understanding how nature produces self-assembled systems will represent an enormous leap forward in our technological capabilities. Robustness and versatility are some of the most important properties of self-assembling natural systems. Although systems where self-assembly occurs, or which are created by a self-assembling process, are remarkably vaire.