Read

• Self-Assembly at All Scales, Whitesides and Grzybowski, Science, v295, n5564, pp2418-2421
• Beyond molecules: self-assembly of mesoscopic and macroscopic components, Whitesides and Boncheva, Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002 Apr 16;99(8):4769-74.

Pick a paper on that describes some self-assembly process published after 1/1/03 in either Science, Nature, or the J. of Nanotechnology. Read this paper and briefly (1 paragraph) describe the paper. Then, using the nomenclature in the papers above indicate whether the self-assembly is dynamic/static and templated/biological and describe why in a few sentences. Then, describe how the described the five characteristics of the process in terms of

• components
• Interactions
• reversibility (or Adjustability)
• Environment
• Mass Transport and Agitation
  Please email me your writeup and the pdf of the paper you describe before Thur Midnight.