Nature-Inspired Nanotubes That Assemble Themselves, With Precision (IMAGE)

DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

Nature-Inspired Nanotubes That Assemble Themselves, With Precision

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Precision meets nano-construction, as seen in this illustration. Berkeley Lab scientists discovered a peptoid composed of two chemically distinct blocks (shown in orange and blue) that assembles itself into nanotubes with uniform diameters.

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