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Self-Assembly of Soft Matter

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Inorganic Nanoarchitectures by Organic Self-Assembly

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Molecular self-assembly is a common principle of structure formation in natural and synthetic materials. This chapter aims to explain the underlying driving forces, from a broad perspective to the specific materials systems used in this work.

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Guldin, S. (2013). Self-Assembly of Soft Matter. In: Inorganic Nanoarchitectures by Organic Self-Assembly. Springer Theses. Springer, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-00312-2_1

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