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Molecular helicity affects many of the bulk properties of materials. A study finds that helicity also controls the self-assembly of colloidal particles, opening the door to a new generation of functional materials. See Letter p.348

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Figure 1: Pasta packing.

V. SCHALLER

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  1. *This article and the paper1 under discussion were published online on 4 January 2012.

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  1. Volker Schaller and Andreas R. Bausch are at the Lehrstuhl für Biophysik-E27, Technische Universität München, Garching 85748, Germany.,

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Schaller, V., Bausch, A. A fresh twist for self-assembly. Nature 481, 268–269 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1038/nature10796

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