Take silicon, soak in water, add acid — and stir. This simple new recipe for the self-assembly of complex microstructures belies an involved sequence of hydrophobic, electrostatic and van der Waals interactions.
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Pine, D. Stirring stuff. Nature 448, 876–877 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/448876a
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