Magic Sizes Enable High-Fidelity Assembly of Programmable Shells
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Researchers have made a breakthrough in assembling programmable shells using 'magic sizes' of nanoparticles, sparking interest in the scientific community for its potential applications.
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irthomasthomas
2 months ago
1 replyNot the sort of programmable shells we typically see on HN.
nmstoker
2 months ago
Yes, the context of this seemed pretty hard to figure out from the abstract alone. Opening the PDF I see it's physics related and they have illustrations that seem like some kind of actual physical shape. But I'm still somewhat at a loss what they mean here!
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