Nature Communications (Sep 2022)

Self-sorting in macroscopic supramolecular self-assembly via additive effects of capillary and magnetic forces

  • Minghui Tan,
  • Pan Tian,
  • Qian Zhang,
  • Guiqiang Zhu,
  • Yuchen Liu,
  • Mengjiao Cheng,
  • Feng Shi

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32892-y
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 13, no. 1
pp. 1 – 9

Abstract

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The selective assembly of μm-to-mm sized components is challenging because of the short-ranged molecular recognition. Here, the authors demonstrate a self-sorting mechanism to automatically identify the surface chemistry via additivity and competence between long-ranged magnetic/capillary forces.