Hierarchical self-assembly of chiral fibres from achiral particles

Interface Focus

Volumn 2, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 651-657

  Prybytak, P ^a   Frith, W J ^b   Cleaver, D J ^a  

^a SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Self assembly; Structural chirality

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865355842     PISSN: 20428898     EISSN: 20428901     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2011.0104     Document Type: Article

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