Benjamin Alessio and Ankur Gupta, the researchers of the study, suggest that the movement of molecules during diffusiophoresis always follows a clear route, which, in turn, produces patterns with ...

At a certain ratio of cerium atoms to molecules, self-assembly produced a symmetrical complex 2-D pattern described originally by Kepler and known today as the snub square tiling. Clearly ...

Scientists at the MPI directly observe the basic step of self-selection by imaging grid-like assemblies of molecules, which have sorted themselves by size. The features of the grid pattern are ...

snowflakes’ intricate patterns (almost) always have six sides. The reason why, says science blogger Megan Nantel, is because snowflakes are made of water, and water molecules bonded together ...

The ripples scatter off any carbon monoxide molecules they meet and interfere to project holographic patterns into the central clearing, which can take on a particular shape. “Imagine [the ...