Urine is a highly saturated solution of extremely complicated composition. Its basic organic constituents are urea, uric acid and its salts, formed by the oxidation of purines. In that fluid, ...

DNA-coated colloids hold great promise for self-assembly of programmed heterogeneous microstructures, provided they not only bind when cooled below their melting temperature, but also rearrange so ...

Designing new building blocks of matter with concepts of geometry and shape in mind is giving rise to a generation of new exciting materials 1,2. Shape has a fundamental role in self-assembly as it ...