Artist's Rendering of Predicted Self-assembly Process for Hexaphenylbenzene Nanocube (VIDEO)

University of Tokyo

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The six snowflake-shaped molecules of hexaphenylbenzene self-assemble into a nanocube so quickly that researchers led by Professor Shuichi Hiraoka at the University of Tokyo cannot monitor the process. This artist's rendering demonstrates a prediction of the self-assembly process.

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Video by Shuichi Hiraoka CC-BY-ND-SA.

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