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Method and system using microscopic building blocks for driving 3D self-assembly

US9446950B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Inventors

Paul Michael Chaikin · New York, US
Tycho Sleator · New York, US
Remi Dreyfus · New York, US
Daniel Sleator · Pittsburgh, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 28, 2011
Grant date	Sep 20, 2016
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 20, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T29/49826
WIPO fieldMicro-structural and nano-technology
WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A method and system for constructing structures by self-assembly of objects. The method and system include providing a first object having a first selected shape and providing a second object having a second selected shape, the shape of the first and second objects interacting to form an alignment which has only a simple stable state arising from minimization of interaction energy for the single stable state.

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