Architecture in the microcosm: Biocolloids, self-assembly and pattern formation

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 358, Issue 1766, 2000, Pages 547-564

  Hemsley, Alan R ^a   Griffiths, Peter C ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biocolloids; Biological constructions; Colloids; Microarchitecture; Pattern formation; Self assembly

Indexed keywords

EID: 0346672680     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2000.0545     Document Type: Article

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