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Molecules join the assembly line

Making patterns from molecular building blocks sounds like child's play, but has been surprisingly difficult to do. A new approach to assembling molecules into patterns may ultimately lead to molecule-based devices.

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Figure 1: Patterns with porphyrins.

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Weiss, P. Molecules join the assembly line. Nature 413, 585–586 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1038/35098175

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