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Illustration of Self-Assembled Particles

Caption: Scientists have created new kinds of particles, 1/100th the diameter of a human hair, that spontaneously assemble themselves into structures resembling molecules made from atoms.

Credit: Illustration courtesy of Yufeng Wang and Yu Wang.

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