Controlling the formation of ordered and predictable patterns in dissipative reaction–diffusion processes is challenging. Now, liquid vibrations induced by audible sound have been shown to direct the formation of spatiotemporal patterns in switchable chemical systems and assemblies.
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Pappas, C.G. A sound approach to self-assembly. Nat. Chem. 12, 784–785 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41557-020-0526-0
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