Designing Smart Particles for the Assembly of Complex Macroscopic Structures1. Issue 30 (18th June 2013)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Garcia‐Tunon, Esther; Barg, Suelen; Bell, Robert; Weaver, Jonathan V. M.; Walter, Claudia; Goyos, Lidia; Saiz, Eduardo
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 52:Issue 30(2013)
• Page Start: 7805
• Page End: 7808
• Publication Date: 2013-06-18
• Subjects: Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301636
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

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