AUTHOR=Mastrangeli Massimo 

TITLE=Mesoscopic Self-Assembly: A Shift to Complexity

JOURNAL=Frontiers in Mechanical Engineering

VOLUME=1

YEAR=2015

URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/mechanical-engineering/articles/10.3389/fmech.2015.00006

DOI=10.3389/fmech.2015.00006

ISSN=2297-3079

ABSTRACT=<p>By focusing on the construction of thermodynamically stable structures, the self-assembly of mesoscopic systems has proven capable of formidable achievements in the bottom-up engineering of micro- and nanosystems. Yet, inspired by an analogous evolution in supramolecular chemistry, synthetic mesoscopic self-assembly may have a lot more ahead, within reach of a shift toward fully three-dimensional architectures, collective interactions of building blocks and kinetic control. All over these challenging fronts, complexity holds the key.</p>