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Science 1 July 2005:
Vol. 309. no. 5731, p. 95
DOI: 10.1126/science.309.5731.95
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How Far Can We Push Chemical Self-Assembly?

Robert F. Service

Chemists have learned to design self-assembling systems with a modest degree of complexity. But the need for increased complexity is growing, driven by the miniaturization of computer circuitry and the rise of nanotechnology.

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