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Nanosized blocks spontaneously assemble in water to create tiny floating checkerboards - EurekAlert


Researchers have engineered nanosized cubes that spontaneously form a two-dimensional checkerboard pattern when dropped on the surface of water. The work, published in Nature Communications, presents a simple approach to create complex nanostructures through a technique called self-assembly.

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