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Objectives
Self-assembly can be used to create new materials including nanocapsules.
Identify self-assembly as a process by which molecules and cells form themselves into specific, ordered structures under the right conditions.
Acknowledge that self-assembly can be used by scientists to create objects on the nano-scale.
Understand that nano is very, very small.
Discover that scientists are using self-assembly to create nanocapsules which can be less harmful than regular medicines.
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Developed for the NISE Network with funding from the National Science Foundation under Award Numbers 0532536 and 0940143. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this product are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Foundation.