Hailed as one of the key areas of nanoscience likely to shape future scientific research, self-assembly offers the most promising route to true molecular nanotechnology. Focusing on this dynamic new field, Self Assembly: The Science of Things That Put Themselves Together explores nature's self-assembly of structures, the use of it to build engineer

Introduction. THE NATURAL WORLD: Inorganic Systems. Organic Systems. Lessons from the Natural World. ENGINEERED SYSTEMS: The "Cheerios Effect" and Other Simple Systems. Static Self Assembly. Dynamic Self Assembly. DNA Self Assembly. THE FUTURE: Models of Self Assembly. Directions. Color Plates. References. Appendices. Index.