The nanometre scale is a brave new world for scientists — mixing materials at such small dimensions can cause all sorts of surprising effects. New studies of experimental systems on the nanoscale further our understanding of these complex phenomena.
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Glotzer, S. Complex rules for soft systems. Nature Mater 2, 713–714 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat1008
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