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Understanding and engineering geometrically frustrated self-assembly — NSF Award to University of Massachusetts Amherst (MA, $496,

NONTECHNICAL SUMMARY This award supports theoretical research, computation, and associated education to investigate self-assembly. Self-assembly is a process by which nanometer-scale “building blocks” spontaneously associate into multi-unit structures, which underlies structure formation of a vast range of useful mater

Award titleUnderstanding and engineering geometrically frustrated self-assembly
Award ID2349818
AwardeeUniversity of Massachusetts Amherst
CityAMHERST
StateMA
Amount obligated$496,577
Principal investigatorGregory Grason
ProgramCONDENSED MATTER & MAT THEORY
Start date06/01/2024
AbstractNONTECHNICAL SUMMARY This award supports theoretical research, computation, and associated education to investigate self-assembly. Self-assembly is a process by which nanometer-scale “building blocks” spontaneously associate into multi-unit structures, which underlies structure formation of a vast range of useful materials structures in the biological and synthetic world. This project aims to advance our basic understanding of an emerging “class” of such systems, known as geometrically-frustrate
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