self-assembly
Noun
Meaning
The assembly of a retail product by the customer.
The assembly of a biological or chemical material from a disorganized collection by means of interactions between the components.
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Examples
Chemical Complexity – supramolecular self-assembly of synthetic and biological building blocks in water.
Dual polarization interferometry can be used to measure the conformational changes or self-assembly of these materials when stimulated by pH, temperature, ionic strength or other binding partners.
Howe (1996a), p. 159 Comet Miniatures released two Dalek self-assembly model kits in the 1990s.
Often, these systems are based on self-assembly of the structurant molecules.
These techniques include chemical synthesis, self-assembly and positional assembly.