American Chemical Society, Langmuir, 7(16), p. 2997-2999, 2000
DOI: 10.1021/la991450b
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This paper demonstrates templated self-assemblybased on capillary forcesof millimeter-scale poly(dimethylsiloxane) plates suspended at the water−perfluorodecalin interface. The system described abstracts the concept of “templating” from molecular templating and uses it to design millimeter-scale aggregates that self-assemble in ordered structures. This work points the way to new strategies for organizing complex, millimeter-scale structures.